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Egg Bowl — Teams … Wikipedia
Tooth development — Radiograph of lower right (from left to right) third, second, and first molars in different stages of development. Tooth development or odontogenesis is the complex process by which teeth form from embryonic cells, grow, and erupt into the mouth … Wikipedia
Egg (biology) — Bird eggs and others (click on image for key) … Wikipedia
Egg case (Chondrichthyes) — Egg case of a skate. An egg case or egg capsule, colloquially known as a mermaid s purse or devil s purse, is a casing that surrounds the fertilized eggs of some sharks, skates, and chimaeras. They are among the common objects which are washed up … Wikipedia
egg tooth — n. a tooth like structure on the nose or beak of young reptiles and birds used to break the egg membrane or shell at the time of hatching … English World dictionary
Egg tooth — In some egg laying animals, the egg tooth is a small, sharp, cranial protuberance used by offspring to break or tear through the egg s surface during hatching. It is present in most birds and reptiles, and similar structures exist in monotremes,… … Wikipedia
egg tooth — a calcareous prominence at the tip of the beak or upper jaw of an embryonic bird or reptile, used to break through the eggshell at hatching. [1890 95] * * * ▪ anatomy tooth or toothlike structure used by the young of many egg laying species … Universalium
egg tooth — noun : a hard sharp prominence on the tip of the beak or nose of embryo birds and oviparous reptiles with which they break through the eggshell; also : an analogous chitinous prominence on the head of an insect * * * a calcareous prominence at… … Useful english dictionary
egg — 1. n. 1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in a protective layer and capable of developing into a new individual. b the egg of the domestic hen, used for food. 2 Biol.… … Useful english dictionary
Tooth Fairy — When a child loses one of its milk *teeth, this is put in a safe place (usually under the child s pillow, but sometimes in an egg cup or under a carpet), and the child is told that *fairies will take it in the night, and leave a coin instead… … A Dictionary of English folklore
