These noxious substances limit caterpillars' growth and reduce the number of eggs that female moths lay.

这些有毒物质会限制毛毛虫的生长，减少雌蛾产卵的数量。

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The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time.

这种鱼一次产卵数千个。

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The narrow strips of beach on which the turtles lay their eggs are being squeezed on one side by development and on the other by the threat of rising sea levels as the oceans warm.

海龟产卵的狭长海滩一边受到开发的挤压，另一边受到海平面上升的威胁，因为海洋变暖。

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Females can lay thousands of eggs at a time.

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Beneath the first of the Sisters, my eye was caught by a clutch of grey flints that lay together like eggs right at the foot of the cliff.

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Cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of other species including dunnocks, reed warblers and meadow pipits.

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