Egg

Egg may refer to:

  • Egg (biology), an organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop
  • Egg cell, in anisogamous organisms. The larger, non-motile gamete is called the female gamete or egg cell
  • Egg (food), the egg of a fowl or fish consumed as food

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Famous quotes containing the word egg:

    “Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.”
    —Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)

    “Today everything is different. I can’t even get decent food. Right after I got here I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and catsup. I’m an average nobody, I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.”
    —Nicholas Pileggi, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Henry Hill (Ray Liotta)

    “Better half an egg than an empty eggshell.”
    —Estonian. Trans. by Ilse Lehiste (1993)