thin-shelled egg

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• egg urchin — noun : a globular thin shelled sea urchin …   Useful english dictionary

• egg — egg1 eggless, adj. eggy, adj. /eg/, n. 1. the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to… …   Universalium

• summer egg — A thin shelled, rapidly developing egg; tachyblastic; see winter egg …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• summer egg — noun : a thin shelled often parthenogenetic egg that is ready for immediate development when deposited compare winter egg …   Useful english dictionary

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• pelecaniform — [pel΄ ə kan′ə fôrm΄] adj. of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants * * * ▪ bird Introduction    any of the relatively large and… …   Universalium

• Lollipop catshark — Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] …   Wikipedia

• reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… …   Universalium

• reproductive behaviour — In animals, any activity directed toward perpetuation of a species. Sexual reproduction, the most common mode, occurs when a female s egg is fertilized by a male s sperm. The resulting unique combination of genes produces genetic variety that… …   Universalium

• bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …   Universalium

• reproductive system, animal — Introduction       any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce.       The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …   Universalium