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EGG LAYING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does egg laying mean?
• EGG LAYING (noun)
The noun EGG LAYING has 1 sense:
1. the production of eggs (especially in birds)
Familiarity information: EGG LAYING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The production of eggs (especially in birds)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
egg laying; laying
Hypernyms ("egg laying" is a kind of...):
birth; birthing; giving birth; parturition (the process of giving birth)
Context examples
The scientists also found that VU041 reduced egg laying after blood feeding.
(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)
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"It hits like a grip on a pig." (Dutch proverb)