The young when hatched are naked and helpless.
The duck, on the other hand, when newly hatched, and for nearly a month after, has the sternum wholly cartilaginous.
The larva is, hatched two or FIG.
By and by, the eggs hatched, and a nestful of young doves grew up.
Similarly the newly-hatched larva of an oil-beetle (Meloe) is an active little campodeiform insect, which, hatched from an egg laid among plants, waits to attach itself to a passing bee.