egg
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–noun
1.the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of anovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, eggcase, or shell, according to species.
2.such a body produced by a domestic bird, esp. the hen.
3.the contents of an egg or eggs: raw egg; fried eggs.
4.anything resembling a hen’s egg.
5.Also called egg cell. the female gamete; ovum.
6.Informal . person: He’s a good egg.
7.Slang . an aerial bomb.
bef. 900; ME < ON; r. ME ey, OE ?g, G Ei egg; akin to L ovum, Gk oión egg
