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 | the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water |
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens | a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids |
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food | |