Assertion: martin's egg | /r/HasProperty | coloured
Facets:
value: variably
type: DEGREE
value: cryptically
type: MANNER
value: with heavy speckling
type: OTHER
value: to help camouflage them
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The eggs of most ground-nesting birds (including those that use scrape nests) are cryptically coloured to help camouflage them when the adult is not covering them; the actual colour generally corresponds to the substrate on which they are laid.
text: The eggs are elliptical, strong, and variably coloured with heavy speckling.