Definition for Egg (-s)

egg (-s), n. [OE.]

  1. Case for an unborn bird; spherical shell produced by female birds containing the germ of a new individual.
  2. Hatchling; young bird now hatched.
  3. Phrase. “Egg of forests”: nut; kernel; hard seed capsule that can produce new trees.

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