dead-in-shell

Adjective

not-comparable of the embryo in an egg

(biology, of the embryo in an egg) That has partially developed but died without hatching.

Japanese Meaning

生物学的に、卵内で部分的に発生したが孵化する前に死亡した状態を指す。

The conservationist gently removed a dead-in-shell chick from the nest to study what had gone wrong.

何が悪かったのかを調べるために、保護活動家は巣から、部分的に発生したが殻の中で死亡したひなをそっと取り出した。

Sense（1）

(biology, of the embryo in an egg) That has partially developed but died without hatching.