water-hardening

water-hardening
the phenomena involving the movement of water into the perivitelline space (between the external capsular membrane and the vitelline membrane) and the toughening of the capsular membrane of a teleost egg freshly released into water. Takes about a day in Salmonidae. Egg diameters in the litertaure may be water-hardened or not, often without mentioning which

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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