The nest complement of eggs of a bird.
A clutch is the total number of eggs produced and incubated by parent birds at the same time. The term "clutch size" often found in bird guides and handbooks simply refers to the number of eggs typically produced, e.g. 5 to 7.
A nest of eggs or a brood of chicks
A nest of eggs or a brood of newly hatched birds (Morris 1992)
A bunch of eggs to be incubated.
The eggs laid by a female in a single nesting. In the wild, cranes usually lay a two-egg clutch.
The group of eggs in a nest.
A group of eggs or chicks in a nest.
The assemblage of eggs laid in one nest. Clutch size is the total number of eggs in a clutch.
The normal number of eggs laid and simultaneously incubated by a female during nesting.
A group of eggs that have been laid. Usually found beneath a broody hen. The eggs in a clutch do not necessarily all come from the same hen. Hens will hatch out any eggs in a clutch.
One or more eggs laid in a single egg-laying episode by a mother.
The group of eggs laid at one time by either a bird or a reptile.
The eggs laid in a nest by an individual bird, clutch size refers to the number of eggs.
The deposit of eggs left by a female fish. See Spawn.
a number of birds hatched at the same time
the number of eggs laid by a single female
the total number of eggs released by a female during mating; the eggs may be laid singly or in masses of varying sizes and shapes; when eggs are clumped into masses, each mass may be referred to as a clutch.
the total number of eggs laid by a female bird or reptile in one breeding cycle.
A group of eggs (especially reptiles).
The size or number of eggs that a bird lays.
the egg laying cycle. The hen lays one egg each day for several days in a row and then does not lay for one or two days.
a litter of crocodile eggs.
All of the eggs laid and incubated by a given bird during a single breeding attempt. The Purple Martin typically lays a clutch of 3 to 6, pure white eggs. In rare instances, a female will lay 7 or more eggs.
Batch of eggs extruded during a single spawning
group of eggs from one set of parents.
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A group of eggs that is laid in the same place at the same time (or nearly the same time), and will hatch at the same time.
Refers to the number of eggs which are layed at one time
A complete group of eggs laid at one time, there often being multiple clutches of eggs per season from one female.
a nest of eggs or brood of chicks The nest in the evergreen contained a clutch of song sparrow eggs.
a nest of eggs or the number of eggs produced or incubated at one time
The collective term for a group of eggs that has just been laid.
the number of eggs hatched or incubated at one time
the eggs laid at one time; the usual clutch for an eagle ranges from one to four with two being the average number of eggs in a clutch
Total number of eggs laid by a female bird in one nesting attempt.
A clutch is an amount of eggs laid at one time.
(kluch) The number of eggs produced or incubated at one time. Horseshoe crab clutches may contain as many as 4,000 eggs.
the batch of eggs laid by a female at a given time.
1. A batch of eggs that are hatched together, either in a nest or in an incubator (from the Old Norse word "klekja," meaning to hatch), also called a "setting". 2. All the eggs laid by a hen on consecutive days, before she skips a day and starts a new laying cycle.
is a batch of eggs or chicks.
The total number of eggs laid during a single nesting period; some birds lay several clutches in a nesting season. Cocoon Protective case of many larval forms that surrounds the pupa; silky or other covering formed by many animals for their young.
A clutch of eggs refers to all the eggs produced by one bird or reptile at a single time, particularly those laid in a nest.
