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Organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop

Egg

An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell – a zygote.

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Within the vessel, an embryo is incubated until it has developed enough to survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches. Reproductive structures similar to the egg in other kingdoms are termed "spores", or in spermatophytes "seeds", or in gametophytes "egg cells".

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From Wikivoyage: Zurich, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Petar Milošević (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.