Found 7 hits - Term: egg, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gamete \gam"ete\ ga^m"=et; g.am=et"; the latter
usually in compounds, n. gr. gameth` wife, or game`ths
husband, fr. gamei^n to marry. biol.
a sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired
chromosomes; a conjugating cell which unites with another of
like or unlike character to form a new individual. in bot.,
gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower
thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore.
the gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm male
and egg female; their union is called fertilization, and
the resulting zygote an oospore. in zool., gamete is most
commonly used of the sexual cells of certain protozoa, though
also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.
webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
sperm egg
- [2] : 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
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
egg \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?
1913 webster
adam and eve he egged to ill. --piers
plowman.
1913 webster
she did egg him on to tell
how fair she was. --warner.
1913 webster
see also:
egged egging edge
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
egg
n 1: 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
2: oval reproductive body of a fowl especially a hen used as
food syn: eggs
3: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce
spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the
balls and got away" syn: testis, testicle, orchis,
ball, ballock, bollock, nut
v 1: throw eggs at
2: coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel"
see also:
eggs testis testicle orchis ball ballock
bollock nut
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
41 moby thesaurus words for "egg":
anlage, albumen, boiled eggs, bud, caviar, coddled eggs,
deviled eggs, dropped eggs, egg cell, egg white, eggs, eggshell,
embryo, female gamete, fish eggs, fried eggs, germ, germen, glair,
loins, nucleus, omelet, ooecium, ovicell, ovule, ovum,
poached eggs, roe, rudiment, scrambled eggs, seed, shirred eggs,
souffle, spawn, spermatozoon, stirp, stuffed eggs, vitellus, white,
yellow, yolk
- [6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
egg
elektronischer geschaeftsverkehr-gesetz germany
- [7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
egg
heb. beytsah, "whiteness". eggs deserted isa. 10:14, of a
bird deut. 22:6, an ostrich job 39:14, the cockatrice isa.
59:5. in luke 11:12, an egg is contrasted with a scorpion,
which is said to be very like an egg in its appearance, so much
so as to be with difficulty at times distinguished from it. in
job 6:6 "the white of an egg" the word for egg hallamuth'
occurs nowhere else. it has been translated "purslain" r.v.
marg., and the whole phrase "purslain-broth", i.e., broth made
of that herb, proverbial for its insipidity; and hence an
insipid discourse. job applies this expression to the speech of
eliphaz as being insipid and dull. but the common rendering,
"the white of an egg", may be satisfactorily maintained.
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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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