centi-. a combining form meaning âhundredthâ or âhundredâ: centiliter; centimeter; centipede.
An egg is an animal reproductive body that is spherical or ellipsoidal in shape. Inside the egg is the fertilized ovum that grows and develops as an embryo. It is produced and released outside of the animal body by fish, birds, snakes, insects, turtles, and other animals.
Definitions of egg cell. 1. animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds. mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote. a small or immature ovum.