Definition of egg

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Egg (n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the white or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane..

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Tumbledung :: Tumbledung (n.) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it..
Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..
Mad-apple :: Mad-apple (n.) See Eggplant.
Morula :: Morula (n.) The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and blastosphere. See Segmentation..
Poach :: Poach (v. & n.) To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel..
Ramequin :: Ramequin (n.) A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread..
Albumin :: Albumin (n.) A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents..
Macaroon :: Macaroon (n.) A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar..
Beggarly :: Beggarly (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible..
Walk :: Walk (v. i.) To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground..
Bandy-legged :: Bandy-legged (a.) Having crooked legs.
Shirred :: Shirred (a.) Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; -- said of eggs.
Cariama :: Cariama (n.) A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do..
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..
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Nidulite :: Nidulite (n.) A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs..
Discoblastic :: Discoblastic (a.) Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg..
Monitor :: Monitor (n.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long..
Exclusion :: Exclusion (n.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.
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