| 单词 | point of lay |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoint of lay point of lay n. the stage of a hen's life cycle at which it is able to begin laying eggs (chiefly attributive). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or like a hen > laying or about to lay laying1591 eggy1901 point of lay1941 1941 Times 14 Apr. 1/2 Point of lay pullets: 15s each. 1964 J. Portsmouth Pract. Poultry Keeping (ed. 6) iii. 44 As a pullet approaches the point of lay stage its body undergoes great changes. 1977 D. Kay Poultry Keeping for Beginners v. 70 At the age of 20 weeks..the pullet becomes a point of lay bird. 1990 Ld. Hailsham Sparrow's Flight (1991) xxxi. 247 Hens which we used to buy as pullets on the point of lay. < as lemmas |
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