DICTIONARY OF TERMS
EGG

Pronunciation: EG

Etymology: The word is from a 14th century dialect of English (aeg, meaning egg).

The egg is a large non motile gamete, which occurs in life cycles with small, motile gametes called sperm.  These gamete types occur in oogamous taxa like the Animalia, the Embryophyte Plants, Diatoms, and organisms scattered throughout the eukaryotes.

                                                        Clonorchis egg