Egg-shaped

  • 51egg tray — noun : a usually square paperboard tray shaped to hold and protect eggs in a shipping case or crate * * * egg tray, = egg carton. (Cf. ↑egg carton) …

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  • 52egg foo yung — /fooh yung /, Chinese American Cookery. a dish of a pancake shaped omelet containing a mixture of chopped foods. Also, egg fu yung. [ < dial. Chin (Guangdong) fùh yùhng, equiv. to Chin fúrong egg white, lit., the name of a kind of hibiscus] *… …

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  • 53egg foo yung — /fooh yung /, Chinese American Cookery. a dish of a pancake shaped omelet containing a mixture of chopped foods. Also, egg fu yung. [ < dial. Chin (Guangdong) fùh yùhng, equiv. to Chin fúrong egg white, lit., the name of a kind of hibiscus] * * * …

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  • 54egg crate — /ˈɛg kreɪt/ (say eg krayt) noun 1. a container divided internally by strips of material interlocking at right angles, as protective packing for eggs. 2. a container moulded or shaped to provide a protective holder for each of a number of eggs in&#8230; …

  • 55egg sinker — a type of weight used in angling and shaped like an egg with a hole through the middle. Used in still water and for rolling in current …

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  • 56egg and dart — Archit. a design for enriching an ovolo or echinus, consisting of a closely set, alternating series of oval and pointed forms. [1870 75] * * * ▪ architecture       in architecture, design shape used in moldings. It consists of a series of bas&#8230; …

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  • 57egg·cup — /ˈɛgˌkʌp/ noun, pl cups [count] : a cup shaped device which holds an egg that is being eaten …

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  • 58egg pincette — small tweezers or tongs with cup shaped tips, used to pick out defective eggs in hatcheries trays …

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  • 59egg cowry — noun : a large smooth spindle shaped cowrie (Amphiperas ovum) of the Indian and southwest Pacific oceans that is pure white without and deep brown within the shell and is prized by natives of the area for ornament and as a fertility symbol called …

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  • 60World egg — Cosmic egg redirects here. For the Wolfmother album, see Cosmic Egg. Jacob Bryant s Orphic Egg (1774) A world egg or cosmic egg is a mythological motif found in the creation myths of many cultures and civilizations. Typically, the world egg is a&#8230; …

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