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Defenition of the word egg

    • Defenition of the word egg

      • An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development.
      • Egg (either fertilized or not) from domesticated birds, most commonly hens, seen as food.
      • The female gamete of an animal or plant, capable of fusing with a male gamete to produce a zygote.
      • The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc.
      • Something shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
      • A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
      • A person of Caucasian (Western) ancestry, who has a strong desire to learn about and immerse him- or herself in East Asian culture, and/or such a person who is perceived as behaving as if he or she were Asian.
      • In terms such as good egg, bad egg, tough egg etc., a person, fellow.
      • A foolish or obnoxious person.
      • animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; esp. the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
      • coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel"
      • throw eggs at
      • oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
      • one of the two male reproductive glands; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
      • 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
      • one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
      • one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
      • coat with beaten egg

    Synonyms for the word egg

      • ball
      • ballock
      • bollock
      • eggs
      • gonad
      • nut
      • ovum
      • testicle
      • testis

    Meronymys for the word egg

      • albumen
      • arteria testicularis
      • chalaza
      • egg white
      • egg yolk
      • eggshell
      • epididymis
      • family jewels
      • internal spermatic artery
      • male genital organ
      • male genitalia
      • male genitals
      • male reproductive system
      • ovalbumin
      • seminiferous tubule
      • shell
      • spermatic cord
      • testicular artery
      • testicular vein
      • vas deferens
      • vena testicularis
      • yolk

    Hyponyms for the word egg

      • cobblers
      • nit
      • roe
      • silkworm seed
      • spawn
      • undescended testicle
      • undescended testis

    Hypernyms for the word egg

      • bombard
      • coat
      • ductless gland
      • egg cell
      • endocrine gland
      • food product
      • foodstuff
      • gonad
      • male reproductive gland
      • ovum
      • pelt
      • sex gland
      • surface

    Idioms for the word egg

      • boiled egg
      • Easter egg
      • fried egg
      • scrambled eggs
      • you can't make an omlette without breaking eggs
      • don't put all your eggs into one basket

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