egg-laying
Depositing shelled offspring
Egg-laying describes animals that reproduce by producing eggs that develop and hatch outside the mother's body, as opposed to giving birth to live young.
Most birds, reptiles, fish, and insects are egg-laying species.
As a noun, egg-laying refers to the act itself: The turtle returns to the same beach for egg-laying each year.
Reproducing through external eggs
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- nestingMaking a dwelling
- spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
- broodHatchlings as a group
fertilization · incubation · hatchling · ovary · gestation · breeding · mating · reproductive
Shell-encased reptile
- crocodileLarge semiaquatic tropical reptile
- platypusEgg-laying Australian mammal
- echidnaEgg-laying spined mammal
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
lizard · amphibian · insect · fish · monotreme · reptile · burrow · rookery
Female fowl
- chickenDomestic fowl for eating
- coopPoultry enclosure
- roostBird's sleeping spot
- free-rangeNot confined to enclosure
battery cage · nest box · pullet · backyard flock · Rhode Island Red · duck · goose · quail
Of the embryo's sac
- embryonicAt earliest developmental stage
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
ovipositor · eggshell · membrane · development · zoology · evolution · adaptation · taxonomy
oviparous
Reproducing through external eggs
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- nestingMaking a dwelling
- spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
brood · fertilization · incubation · hatchling · ovary · gestation · breeding · mating · reproductive · prolific
turtle
Shell-encased reptile
- crocodileLarge semiaquatic tropical reptile
- platypusEgg-laying Australian mammal
- echidnaEgg-laying spined mammal
snake · lizard · amphibian · insect · fish · monotreme · reptile · burrow · rookery · migration
hen
Female fowl
free-range · battery cage · nest box · pullet · backyard flock · Rhode Island Red · duck · goose · quail · guinea fowl
amniotic
Of the embryo's sac
- embryonicAt earliest developmental stage
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
arthropod · ovipositor · eggshell · membrane · development · zoology · evolution · adaptation · taxonomy · physiology
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- farm animal traitswoolly, spotted, hooved, horned, feathered
- reptile traitsscaly, cold-blooded, slithering, forked tongue, shedding skin
- amphibiansfrog, frogs, newt, toad, toads
- creature traitsclaws, fangs, horns, scales, talons
- bird anatomybeak, feathers, wings, tail feathers, wing feathers
egg-layinglive-bearing
Producing offspring not eggs
viviparous · live birth · giving birth · placental · gestating