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