Definition of Egg laying

1. Noun. The production of eggs (especially in birds).

Exact synonyms: Laying
Generic synonyms: Birth, Birthing, Giving Birth, Parturition

Lexicographical Neighbors of Egg Laying

egg cluster
egg cream
egg cup
egg cups
egg donation
egg donations
egg drop
egg drop soup
egg drop syndrome
egg en cocotte
egg foo yong
egg fu yung
egg hunt
egg in one's beer
egg laying (current term)
egg matza
egg matzah
egg matzahs
egg matzas
egg matzo
egg matzos
egg mayonnaise
egg membrane
egg nog
egg noodle
egg on
egg pasta
egg polarity gene
egg proteins

Literary usage of Egg laying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"... il Good H 61:523-5 O '15 Correlation between egg-laying activity and yellow pigment in the domestic fowl. AF Blakeslee and DE Warner. ..."

2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1888)
"These in due time give birth to young, which soon become agamic, egg-laying mothers, like the first ; and, like them, always remain wingless. ..."

3. North American Anura: Life-histories of the Anura of Ithaca, New York by Albert Hazen Wright (1914)
"If the deposition be not at the crest of her egg-laying or if she be ... Two of the pairs continued in the embrace 4 or 5 hours after egg-laying was ..."

4. The Development of the Frog's Egg: An Introduction to Experimental Embryology by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1897)
"EXTRUSION OF THE FIRST POLAR BODY AND EGG-LAYING Just prior to the extrusion of the egg into the body-cavity of the frog, the nucleus undergoes a remarkable ..."

5. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"2405). Tt is used to seize the pollen, to conglomerate it into a ball and afterwards to hold Fig. 240.—Transport of Pollen by Egg-laying Insects. ..."

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