#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
supertype: #ovum__egg_cell__eggcell the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
subtype: #nit #spawn #roe #silkworm_seed #roe.egg
part: #chalaza one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell
part: #yolk__vitellus nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
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