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English
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Etymology
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 yolk (countable and uncountable, plural egg yolks)
- The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.
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Translations
central part of an egg
— see yolk