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卵用
らんよう
1. [adj-no,n]
▶ (reared) for eggs



History:
4. A 2022-11-21 00:21:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Feels a bit 直訳.
3. A* 2022-11-19 23:55:56  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
卵用 itself doesn't mean "egg-laying".
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>egg-laying (hen)</gloss>
+<gloss>(reared) for eggs</gloss>
2. A 2022-11-16 10:40:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Unidic - says it's a noun.
  Comments:
Needs an adjective gloss. I can see why most refs ignore it.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>raised for egg-laying</gloss>
+<gloss>egg-laying (hen)</gloss>
1. A* 2022-11-16 02:26:28  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
obunsha:  卵をとる目的で飼うもの。「―鶏」
Most refs have 卵用種

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬───────╮
│ 卵用  │ 5,459 │
│ 卵用鶏 │ 1,882 │
│ 卵用の │ 1,243 │
│ 卵用種 │   435 │
│ 卵用に │   363 │
╰─ーーー─┴───────╯

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