During ovulation, the ripe egg is released from the ovarian follicle which contained it.

"What I have is a ripe egg."

Beth has her ripe eggs harvested by needle aspiration for in vitro fertilization.

Soon they were ensconced in a glade beside a large eggplant whose ripe eggs had been hard-boiled by the sun.

There, six ripe eggs were surgically removed from her ovaries.

In addition, they must be harvested at the right moment; only a 'ripe' egg, distinguished by a slightly hardened surface, possesses the necessary quality.

Miracidium is induced to hatch when ripe eggs are released from the worm into water.

By stage VI these ovaries fill the body cavity and are made up of large transparent ripe eggs.

Females, particularly when filled with ripe eggs, also have a plumper abdomen.

Most female frogs had around 40 ripe eggs, almost double that of the number of juveniles ever found in the stomach (21-26).