one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell | 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 |
basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined | one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens |
| oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food |