Definition of egg

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Egg (n.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell..

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Scrabbed Eggs :: Scrabbed eggs () A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper..
Pseudovum :: Pseudovum (n.) An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Paedogenesis..
Pipefish :: Pipefish (n.) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place..
Nutmegged :: Nutmegged (a.) Seasoned with nutmeg.
Lutein :: Lutein (n.) A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum..
Engregge :: Engregge (v. t.) To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on.
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Berna Fly :: Berna fly () A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae do great injury..
Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.
Leggiadro :: Leggiadro (a. & adv.) Alt. of Leggier.
Vitellin :: Vitellin (n.) An albuminous body, belonging to the class of globulins, obtained from yolk of egg, of which it is the chief proteid constituent, and from the seeds of many plants. From the latter it can be separated in crystalline form..
Mendicant :: Mendicant (n.) A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar..
Inquiline :: Inquiline (n.) A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects.
Custard :: Custard (n.) A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled..
Ant Egg :: Ant egg () One of the small white egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs..
Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard covering of an egg.
Bur Marigold :: Bur marigold () See Beggar's ticks.
Ovioular :: Ovioular (a.) Of or pertaining to an egg.
Impregnate :: Impregnate (v. t.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
Solenostomi :: Solenostomi (n. pl.) A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.
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