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Definition of Egg laying
1. Noun. The production of eggs (especially in birds).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egg Laying
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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