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Egg laying   /ɛg lˈeɪɪŋ/   Listen
Egg laying

noun
1.
The production of eggs (especially in birds).  Synonym: laying.





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"Egg laying" Quotes from Famous Books



... the animal under which these things are happening. The egg laying mothers do not disturb themselves; they are far too busy. Their ovipositor extended telescope fashion, they heap egg upon egg. With the point of their hesitating, groping instrument, they try to lodge each germ, as it comes, farther into the mass. ...
— The Life of the Fly - With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography • J. Henri Fabre


Words linked to "Egg laying" :   laying, giving birth, birth, birthing, parturition


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