Other Definitions egg (enc)
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Egg| Noun | 1. | egg - 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 birdschalaza - one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell nit - egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing spawn - the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs roe - the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish vitellus, yolk - nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) roe - eggs of female fish egg cell, ovum - the female reproductive cell; the female gamete | | | 2. | egg - oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as foodegg white, ovalbumin, albumen - the white of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water egg yolk - the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen protein - any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes; "a diet high in protein" | | | 3. | egg - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"seminiferous tubule - any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature cobblers - a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball) epididymis - a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens rete testis - network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia spermatic cord - a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves | | | Verb | 1. | egg - throw eggs atbombard, pelt - cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" | | | 2. | egg - coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" | |
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