卵 — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
卵 is used for these senses in English:
- egg An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.
- egg (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
- egg (countable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
- ovum (cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
- roe Eggs of fish.
egg — full definition
- noun An oval or round body laid by birds, reptiles, and many other animals, usually containing a developing embryo.
- noun The edible egg of a domestic bird, especially a chicken, used as food.
- noun The female reproductive cell of an animal, from which offspring develop when fertilized.
- verb To urge or encourage someone, usually into doing something reckless (used with "on").