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