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egg [ˈɛg]

1 egg noun
  • a hard-shelled oval thing from which a young bird is born; also : an oval or round thing from which a snake, frog, insect, etc., is born
  • the egg of a bird (especially a chicken) eaten as food
  • a cell that is produced by the female sexual organs and that combines with the male's sperm in reproduction —called also ovum
2 egg verb