egg and tongue

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egg and tongue - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Egg \Egg\ ([e^]g), n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [ae]g
     (whence OE. ey), Sw. [aum]gg, Dan. [ae]g, G. & D. ei, and
     prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh,
     Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird. Cf. Oval.]
     1. (Popularly) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic
        poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a
        yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and
        inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.
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     2. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the
        young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
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     3. Anything resembling an egg in form.
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     Note: Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of
           self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or
           egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc.
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     Egg and anchor (Arch.), see egg-and-dart in the
        vocabulary, below; -- called also egg and dart, and egg  and tongue
        . See Anchor, n., 5. --Ogilvie.
  
     Egg cleavage (Biol.), a process of cleavage or
        segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous
        division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells,
        from the growth and differentiation of which the new
        organism is ultimately formed. See Segmentation of the  ovum
        , under Segmentation.
  
     Egg development (Biol.), the process of the development of
        an egg, by which the embryo is formed.
  
     Egg mite (Zo["o]l.), any mite which devours the eggs of
        insects, as Nothrus ovivorus, which destroys those of
        the canker worm.
  
     Egg parasite (Zo["o]l.), any small hymenopterous insect,
        which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other
        insects. Many genera and species are known.
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  egg-and-dart \egg-and-dart\, egg and dart \egg and dart\n.
     a decorative ovolo molding, having a series of egg-shaped
     figures alternating with another shape in the form of a dart
     or anchor. Also used attributively; as, an egg-and-dart
     molding; an egg-and-dart design. Called also egg and dart,
     and egg and tongue
  
     Syn: egg-and-anchor, egg and anchor, egg-and-tongue, egg and
          tongue.
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