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Meaning:
Noun:
- British, US An injury on one's head, normally large or noticeable.
- biology|countable The female primary cell, the ovum.
- mildly|pejorative|slang, potentially offensive A person of Caucasian (Western) ancestry, who has a strong desire to learn about and immerse him- or herself in East Asian culture, and/or such a person who is perceived as behaving as if he or she were Asian.
- zoology|countable An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development.
- countable The '''egg''' of a domestic fowl as an item of food.
- Something shaped like an egg, as in Easter egg, chocolate egg.
- uncountable The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc.
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Verb:
- obsolete|_|except in egg on To encourage, incite.
- To dip in or coat with beaten '''egg''' (cooking).
- To throw '''eggs''' at.
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