egg-bound

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adjective

describing egg-bearing animals and birds that have difficulty passing their eggs

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Words nearby egg-bound

egg and dart, egg and spoon race, egg apparatus, eggbeater, egg-binding, egg-bound, egg case, egg cell, egg coal, eggcorn, eggcrate

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How to use egg-bound in a sentence

Ducks do not become egg bound, but sometimes, especially during heavy laying, they become ruptured.
Ducks and Geese|Harry M. Lamon