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- pronunciation:
- eg
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Young birds and some other kinds of animals grow from eggs. One part of an egg is called the shell. The shell is a thin, natural container. Inside the shell is the part that may become a young animal. Eggs are often used as food by other animals and people. People most often eat eggs from chickens. They don't eat the shells, though!
A bird made a nest outside my window and now there are eggs in it.Reptiles grow from eggs. I would really like to see a crocodile egg!Chicken eggs that people eat are usually eggs that do not have what it takes to become baby chickens, so you are not eating a chick when you eat an egg!
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An egg is a kind of cell in a female animal or in certain female plants that can develop into a new animal or plant after it combines with a seed from a male.
Flowering plants contain egg cells in the female part of the flower, which is called the pistil. |
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amphibian, animal, arthropod, bird, cell, dinosaur, food, insect, mollusk, organ, reproduction, reptile, rodent, spider, worm |
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