Usually means: Hatching quickly after being laid.
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  1. subitaneous: Merriam-Webster
  2. subitaneous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. subitaneous: Wordnik
  4. subitaneous: Wiktionary
  5. Subitaneous: Dictionary.com
  6. Subitaneous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. subitaneous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Subitaneous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. subitaneous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. subitaneous: FreeDictionary.org
  11. subitaneous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Subitaneous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (subitaneous)

adjective:  (obsolete) Sudden; suddenly done or made.
adjective:  (of the young of a species) Immediately developing (as contrasted with e.g. diapausing).

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