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egg

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1. egg - Noun

2. egg - Verb

3. Egg - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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

Anything resembling an egg in form.

To urge on; to instigate; to incite/

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. William Cowper

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. Guy de Maupassant

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. Mark Twain

Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen. Turkish Proverb

A good bird begins chirping while in the egg. Greek Proverb

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. English Proverb

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