Definitions for: Egg


[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
[n] one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
[n] oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
[v] coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel"
[v] throw eggs at



Webster (1913) Definition: Egg, n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [ae]g (whence OE.
ey), Sw. ["a]gg, Dan. [ae]g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav.
aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh.
to L. avis bird. Cf. Oval.]
1. (Popularly) 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.

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

3. Anything resembling an egg in form.

Note: Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of
self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or
egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc.

Egg and anchor (Arch.), an egg-shaped ornament, alternating
with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the
ovolo; -- called also egg and dart, and {egg and
tongue}. See Anchor, n., 5. --Ogilvie.

Egg cleavage (Biol.), a process of cleavage or
segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous
division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells,
from the growth and differentiation of which the new
organism is ultimately formed. See {Segmentation of the
ovum}, under Segmentation.

Egg development (Biol.), the process of the development of
an egg, by which the embryo is formed.

Egg mite (Zo["o]l.), any mite which devours the eggs of
insects, as Nothrus ovivorus, which destroys those of
the canker worm.

Egg parasite (Zo["o]l.), any small hymenopterous insect,
which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other
insects. Many genera and species are known.


Egg, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Egged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Egging.] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. ??. See
Edge.]
To urge on; to instigate; to incite?

Adam and Eve he egged to ill. --Piers
Plowman.

[She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was.
--Warner.

Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, eggs, nut, orchis, testicle, testis

See Also: albumen, arteria testicularis, bombard, chalaza, coat, cobblers, ductus deferens, egg cell, egg white, egg yolk, eggshell, epididymis, family jewels, food product, foodstuff, gonad, internal spermatic artery, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals, male reproductive gland, male reproductive system, nit, ovalbumin, ovum, pelt, protein, rete testis, roe, seminiferous tubule, shell, silkworm seed, spawn, spermatic cord, surface, testicular artery, testicular vein, undescended testicle, undescended testis, vas deferens, vena testicularis, vitellus, yolk

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