egg yolk

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egg yolk

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From Middle English egyolk, egge yolk, equivalent to egg + yolk. Compare Dutch eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Low German Eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Eigelb (“egg yolk”), Swedish äggula (“egg yolk”).

noun egg yolks · egg-yolk · eggyolk

countable, uncountable The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.
Similar: ovoplasma, vitellus, yolk

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@misc{egg_yolk_2026,
  title = {egg yolk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/egg%20yolk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}