Egg

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, either on their own or in a recipe.
• Decorated eggs can be part of a tradition or religious celebration with Easter eggs being an example
• Egg is a city in Switzerland
• Eggs is a 1995 movie by the Norwegian film director Bent Hamer
• An Egg (person) is a joking or racist term for someone of Caucasian extraction who "acts Asian."
• 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 Plc, is an online bank in the United Kingdom, launched in October 1998.

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