Usually means: Hen unable to lay eggs.
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  1. egg-bound: Merriam-Webster
  2. egg-bound: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. egg-bound, egg-bound: Collins English Dictionary
  4. egg-bound: Wordnik
  5. egg-bound: Wiktionary
  6. egg-bound: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (egg-bound)

▸ adjective:  (of a hen) Unable to pass an egg that has formed.
▸ adjective:  (UK, slang) Constipated.

Similar:
eggbound, unpipped, unhatched, unhatchable, nonegg, unegged, nonhatched, nonbroody, unbroody, unpennable, more...

Opposite:
not egg-bound, unobstructed, unimpeded, free, unencumbered

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Similar:
eggbound, unpipped, unhatched, unhatchable, nonegg, unegged, nonhatched, nonbroody, unbroody, unpennable, more...

Opposite:
not egg-bound, unobstructed, unimpeded, free, unencumbered



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