Found 2 hits - Term: egg and tongue, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
egg \egg\ e^g, n. oe., fr. icel. egg; akin to as. aeg
whence oe. ey, sw. aumgg, dan. aeg, 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.
1913 webster
2. biol. a simple cell, from the development of which the
young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
1913 webster
3. anything resembling an egg in form.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
egg and anchor arch., see egg-and-dart in the
vocabulary, below; -- 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"ol., any mite which devours the eggs of
insects, as nothrus ovivorus, which destroys those of
the canker worm.
egg parasite zo"ol., any small hymenopterous insect,
which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other
insects. many genera and species are known.
1913 webster
see also:
oval egg and anchor egg-and-dart egg and dart egg and tongue anchor
egg cleavage segmentation of the ovum segmentation egg development egg mite
nothrus ovivorus egg parasite
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
egg-and-dart \egg-and-dart\, egg and dart \egg and dart\n.
a decorative ovolo molding, having a series of egg-shaped
figures alternating with another shape in the form of a dart
or anchor. also used attributively; as, an egg-and-dart
molding; an egg-and-dart design. called also egg and dart,
and egg and tongue
syn: egg-and-anchor, egg and anchor, egg-and-tongue, egg and
tongue.
wordnet 1.5
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egg and dart egg and tongue
Results 1 - 4 of 4 found about egg and tongue: Egg
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Egg, definition of term: Egg
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Egg White, definition of term: Egg White
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Easter Egg, definition of term: Easter Egg
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Deviled Egg, definition of term: Deviled Egg
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