Translation for '
egg shell' from English to Russian
NOUN | an egg shell | egg shells | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- A black-headed gull is able to differentiate an egg shell from an egg by acknowledging its thin, serrated, white, edge.
- Most renowned is the black "egg-shell pottery" with wall thicknesses that can go below 1 millimeter.
- There are two main variations of egg shell color: green with olive markings or a paler background of grayish-white to green with red-brown markings.
- The background colour of the egg shell tends to be pale variations of greenish-blue with brown- or olive-coloured speckles.
- A review of DDT's impact on Australian raptors between 1947 and 1993 found that the average egg-shell thickness had decreased by 6%.
- He wears half of his egg shell still on his head.
- According to the Matangalila, Airavata was born when Brahma sang sacred hymns over the halves of the egg shell from which Garuda hatched, followed by seven more male and eight female elephants.
- In the 1960s, the naturalist Derek Ratcliffe compared peregrine falcon eggs from historical collections with more recent egg-shell samples, and was able to demonstrate a decline in shell thickness.
- Pausanias states that in the middle of the 2nd century AD, the remains of an egg-shell, tied up in ribbons, were still suspended from the roof of a temple on the Spartan acropolis.
- also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell.
- The structure first evolved in reptiles and birds as a reservoir for nitrogenous waste, and also as a means for oxygenation of the embryo. Oxygen is absorbed by the allantois through the egg shell.
- The culture was noted for its highly polished black pottery (or egg-shell pottery).
- In addition, faecal pathogens can be deposited on the egg shell surface during laying.
- In 2017, paleontologists discovered colored pigments in some fossilized oviraptorid embryos of the egg-shell genus "Macroolithus" (which may represent eggs of "Heyuannia").
- Usually there is a single ovary with an oviduct, a seminal receptacle, a pair of vitelline glands (involved in yolk and egg-shell production) with ducts, the ootype (a chamber where eggs are formed), a complex collection of glands cells called "Mehlis’ gland", which is believed to lubricate the uterus for egg passage.
- He also wrote several articles, satirical in tone, for publication in Rivington's "Royal Gazette", under the pseudonyms "Egg-Shell", "Memento Mori" and "John Bull".
- Egg collecting was a popular hobby in some cultures, including European Australians. Traditionally, the embryo would be removed before a collector stored the egg shell.
- Della Porta wrote messages on the egg shell using a mixture made of plant pigments and alum.
- The eggs and chicks of red-billed tropicbirds are prey for both brown and black rats in places like Abrolhos Archipelago, where these rats are invasive species. Egg shell thinning, a potential cause of egg mortality, can be caused by pollutants.
- Enlarged endolymphatic sacs along each side of the neck are postulated to act as reservoirs storing calcareous material aiding in egg shell formation – being larger in females and increasing in size and density prior to egg-laying.
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