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Noun egg has 3 senses
- egg - animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
--1 is a kind of foodstuff, food product; ovum, egg cell; foodstuff, food product; ovum, egg cell
--1 has parts:
--1 has substances:
--1 has particulars: nit; spawn; roe; silkworm seed; roe
- egg, eggs - oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
--2 is a kind of foodstuff, food product; foodstuff, food product
--2 has parts:
--2 has substances: protein; egg, eggs; protein
- testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
--3 is a kind of male reproductive gland; gonad, sex gland; male reproductive gland; gonad, sex gland
--3 is a part of
--3 has parts: | testicular artery, internal spermatic artery, arteria testicularis; testicular vein, vena testicularis; seminiferous tubule; epididymis; rete testis; vas deferens, ductus deferens; spermatic cord; testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg; testicular artery, internal spermatic artery, arteria testicularis; testicular vein, vena testicularis; seminiferous tubule; epididymis; rete testis; vas deferens, ductus deferens; spermatic cord |
--3 has particulars: cobblers; undescended testis, undescended testicle
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