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EGGS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
Synonyms:
egg; eggs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("eggs" is a kind of...):
food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
Meronyms (parts of "eggs"):
albumen; egg white; ovalbumin; white (the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water)
egg yolk; yolk (the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen)
eggshell; shell (the exterior covering of a bird's egg)
Meronyms (substance of "eggs"):
protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb egg
Context examples:
Dairy products, eggs and white meat were very expensive in most low-income and lower middle–income countries, while most fruit and vegetables were relatively expensive in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)
In this new finding, in addition to the surprising discovery of over 300 eggs, an unprecedented 16 embryos with preserved eggs in three dimensions were unearthed.
(Brazil and China scientists unearth pterosaur eggs with preserved embryos, Agência Brasil)
Limiting foods rich in dietary cholesterol, such as eggs, may be important to consider when choosing a healthy eating pattern.
(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
However, raising the extra young comes at a great cost to females, so females that lay only three eggs have an advantage over those laying four, and these females become increasingly common.
(For species that mate for life, bonding behaviors provide advantages, National Science Foundation)
She discovered the way that the BPAs - sometimes referred to as 'gender-bending chemicals - interfered with the production of sperm, eggs, and male and female chromosomes.
(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs include the largest animals ever to walk on land, but they hatched from eggs no bigger than a soccer ball.
(Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs' early lives, NSF)
When these males mate with uninfected wild females, the resulting eggs are sterile.
(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)
“The time and energy finches spend spooking themselves by fleeing when they are not in danger could be better spent looking for food, mating, laying eggs, and rearing their young.”
(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)
Problem foods for children can include eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, and wheat.
(Food Allergy, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
A type of tumor that begins in the cells that give rise to sperm or eggs.
(Germ cell tumor, NCI Dictionary)
