chick

Example Sentences

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One chick appears slightly darker and more “submissive” than its younger sibling who has shown more “sassy” behavior, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

By the fall of 2011, the first bald eagle chick, named Jackie, hatched in the Big Bear Valley to parents Ricky and Lucy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Extinction was projected only in hypothetical scenarios where very low juvenile survival occurred, with around 20% failing to reach adulthood, combined with extremely poor reproduction limited to a maximum of one chick per pair.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

The parents share responsibility for feeding their chick.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

There's only the chick chick chick my feet make on the track for 1600 meters, which after a while sounds almost like nothing.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds