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Their eggs were small and covered with a leathery membrane, not a hard shell like those of birds or crocodiles.
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Their fecundity is high and increases with their size ( from 10, 000 to 11 million eggs at a time ).
Their albumen is white and contains a different protein from bird eggs, such that it will not coagulate when cooked.
Their close relatives, the genus Coquillettidia, lay their eggs similarly, but not attached to plants.
Their tiny, hard-walled eggs or cysts ( diameter about 200 micrometers ) are harvested in quantity during the fall and early winter.
Their prey consists primarily of invertebrates such as the nymphs or larvae of mayflies, blackflies, stoneflies and caddisflies, as well as small fish and fish eggs.
Their consummation, on the same night as Leda lay with her husband Tyndareus, resulted in two eggs from which hatched Helen ( later known as the beautiful " Helen of Troy "), Clytemnestra, and Castor and Pollux ( also known as the Dioscuri ( Διόσκουροι ).
Their omnivorous diet is a mixture of other small animals, including birds and insects, fruit, seeds, flowers, eggs, nuts, and tree gums.
Their search for the square eggs in the Andes seems hopeless, as the local population sees them either as insane or as suckers to be fooled into buying artificial eggs.
Their American name ' darner ' derives from the fact that the female abdomens look like a sewing needle, as they cut into plant stem when they lay their eggs through the ovipositor.
Their eggs are 5. 5 – 6. 0 mm in diameter, ( among the largest fish eggs known ), yellow tinted and opaque.
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Their conversations were, almost invariably, accompanied by the same gestures -- arms and pointed forefingers darting toward each other in arclike semicircular motions.
Their writings assume more than dramatic or patriotic interest because of their conviction that the struggle in which they were involved was neither selfish nor parochial but, rather, as Washington in his last wartime circular reminded his fellow countrymen, that `` with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved ''.
Their President, Jefferson Davis, interpreted their Constitution to mean that it `` admits of no coerced association '', but this remained so doubtful that `` there were frequent demands that the right to secede be put into the Constitution ''.
Their books found no less willing readers outside than inside the South, even while memories of the war were still sharp.
Their ham butts, cured in oak-log smoke, were also esteemed when roasted or boiled, and served with this original sauce:
Their two boys were `` well adjusted '' and, like their parents, always did the right thing at the right time and damn the consequences.
Their old errors of judgment were equated, in the curious logic of the time, with present treasonous intent.
Their skins were exposed to harmful ultraviolet rays that had previously been absorbed by the water.
Their raids throughout the three parts of Gaul were traumatic: Gregory of Tours ( died ca 594 ) mentions their destructive force at the time of Valerian and Gallienus ( 253 – 260 ), when the Alemanni assembled under their " king ", whom he calls Chrocus, who " by the advice, it is said, of his wicked mother, and overran the whole of the Gauls, and destroyed from their foundations all the temples which had been built in ancient times.
Their most famous battle against Rome took place in Argentoratum ( Strasbourg ), in 357, where they were defeated by Julian, later Emperor of Rome, and their king Chnodomarius was taken prisoner to Rome.
Their territories were small and mostly strung along the Rhine ( although a few were in the hinterland ).
Their children were born at various places throughout the Roman Empire and Agrippina acquired a well-deserved reputation for successful childbearing.
Their houses, scattered throughout Lombardy and Venetia, were united into a congregation by St Pius V, under the Rule of St Augustine with a mother-house, residence of the prioress general, at Pavia.
Their aunt tried to teach the girls how to run a household, but their minds were more inclined to literature.
Their return was blocked, and they resolved to march on Athens, where the Long Walls were not yet completed, winning a victory at the Battle of Tanagra.
Their answers to the problem were similar, with the United States developing the M56 Scorpion and the Soviet Union developing the ASU-57, both essentially air-droppable light anti-tank guns.
Their turretless construction bears similarity to later tank destroyers and they were used as an anti-tank component of the reconnaissance units.
Their best finish of this period was under the management of Englishman Jesse Carver, when in 1954 – 55 they finished as runners-up, after Udinese who originally finished second were relegated for corruption.
Their offices were compatible with other offices, i. e. they can hold two benefices or offices at one and the same time, some conferred by the Cardinal Vice-Chancellor, others by the Holy Father.
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