n.
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: Middle English egge, from Old Norse egg; akin to Old English ǣ g egg, Latin ovum, Greek ō ion
Date: 14th century
1 a : the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird and especially by the common domestic chicken also : its contents used as food b : an animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum together with its nutritive and protective envelopes and having the capacity to develop into a new individual capable of independent existence c : OVUM
2 : something resembling an egg
3 : PERSON , SORT <a good egg >
– egg · less adjective
– eggy \ ' e-g ē , ' ā - \ adjective
– egg on one's face : a state of embarrassment or humiliation
egg 1a: 1 shell, 2 outer shell membrane, 3 inner shell membrane, 4 air space, 5 chalaza, 6 albumen or white layers, 7 yolk layers, 8 blastodisc, 9 vitelline membrane