Egg

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Image:Egg in straw nest.jpg Egg has multiple meanings:

• The term is used synonymously with ovum, the female sex cell in animals and plants. These are a part of the female reproductive cycle.
• The term is also used for the ovum of animals together with its various protective layers and nutrients for the developing embryo. See egg (biology).
• Some eggs are edible and can be used as food.
• Egg decorating can be part of a tradition or religious celebration, Easter eggs being an example
• Egg, Switzerland is a city in Switzerland
• Egg (band) was an English progressive rock band (1968–1972, 1974).
• Eggs (film) is a 1995 award-winning film by the Norwegian film director Bent Hamer.
• Augustus Egg was a Victorian artist.
• In primary schools throughout the United Kingdom, eggs play an important role in the egg and spoon race.
• Egg Pictures, is a movie production company owned by Jodie Foster.
• Egg Plc, is an online bank in the United Kingdom, launched in October 1998.
• Elemental Gimmick Gear, a video game commonly abbreviated E.G.G.
• Gary Gygax was referred to as "the Egg of Coot".
• The world egg frequently play an important part in many myths from around the world.
• "Egg" is an alternative spelling for Eigg, an isle in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.
• "Egg" is an ethnic slur used to describe a white person who either grew up in an Asian (e.g. Chinese) culture, or aspired to fit in (sometimes even as a form of rejecting their heritage); they are "yellow" (Asian) on the inside and "white" on the outside.
• For egg shape see oval (geometry).

See also

• Roe is the fully ripe egg masses of fish and certain marine invertebrates, such as sea urchins.
• Egg rolling contests
• Fabergé eggs
• The chicken or the egg
• Curate's egg