meaning of egg
1. The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.
2. A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
3. Anything resembling an egg in form.
4. To urge on; to instigate; to incite/
5. A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.
6. animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e. g. female birds
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