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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: egg

1
 nv
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 birds
throw eggs at
2
 n
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: egg
1

n 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 birds

Types:
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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
silkworm seed
eggs of a silkworm
roe
eggs of female fish
roe
the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster
Type of:
egg cell, ovum
the female reproductive cell; the female gamete

n oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

Synonyms:
eggs
Type of:
food product, foodstuff
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food

v throw eggs at

Type of:
bombard, pelt
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

v coat with beaten egg

“egg a schnitzel”
Type of:
coat, surface
put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
2

n one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

Synonyms:
ball, ballock, bollock, nut, orchis, testicle, testis
Types:
cobblers
a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball)
undescended testicle, undescended testis
a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
Type of:
gonad, sex gland
a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
male reproductive gland
the reproductive organs of a man
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