Sentence examples for lay large from inspiring English sources

Females lay large, elongated eggs protected by horny coverings.

Anchovies lay large numbers of elongate, transparent, floating eggs in spring and summer.

In the spring, female gars lay large yolk-filled eggs in shallow water.

But digging up roads in old areas to lay large diameter pipes, is basically unrealistic.

All cartilaginous fishes the elasmobranches (e.g., sharks, rays, and skates)—employ internal fertilization and usually lay large, heavy-shelled eggs or give birth to live young.

Arhopalus ferus lay large egg batches; hence, no periods of chilling were required to synchronise the availability of sufficient individuals for rearing.

The clues are color and size, although bigger birds don't necessarily lay larger eggs.

The company -- which buys two billion eggs a year -- has also told its egg suppliers to stop the practice of temporarily withholding food and water to induce hens to lay larger eggs.

The four species of Terrapene have the same range of shell sizes as Cuora and similarly share an omnivorous diet; however, they tend to lay larger clutches of eggs.

Within subspecies, also, the more northerly females lay larger clutches.

In the closely related common tern (Sterna hirundo), older individuals tend to lay larger clutches than younger individuals [37].