lay eggs
Hens do this
To lay eggs is to produce and deposit eggs from the body, as birds, reptiles, fish, and insects do.
The phrase extends to any egg-laying: The hen lays eggs every morning.
Figuratively, to lay an egg means to fail embarrassingly, especially in performance: The comedian really laid an egg tonight.
- ovipositionDepositing eggs externally
- oviparousReproducing through external eggs
- spawnAquatic eggs or generate
- broodHatchlings as a group
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
yolk · hatching · incubation · monotremes · brood parasite · bird's nest · fertilization · birds · reproductive · free range · nesting · embryo · fish · reptiles · hen · mother hen · chick · insects
- animal reproductionmating, give birth, fertilization, copulation, spawning
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, sperm, pregnancy