egg

noun (REPRODUCTION)

/eɡ/

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B2 [C] an oval object, often with a hard shell, that is produced by female birds and particular reptiles and insects, and contains a baby animal that comes out when it is developed: The cuckoo lays her egg in another bird's nest. After fourteen days the eggs hatch.Animal reproductionThe development and parts of insects › [C] a cell produced by a woman or female animal from which a baby can develop if it combines with a male sex cell: Identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg that then splits into two.Processes and stages connected with sexual reproduction

(Definition of egg noun (REPRODUCTION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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