Easter Egger

noun

Any chicken that possesses the gene for laying blue eggs without fully meeting any official breed description.

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Meanings

nounEaster Egger (plural Easter Eggers)

plural Easter Eggers

  1. USAny chicken that possesses the gene for laying blue eggs without fully meeting any official breed description.

Origin

From Easter egg + -er, likening the blue shells to the colourful wrapping of chocolate Easter eggs.

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Easter Egger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Easter%20Egger

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“Easter Egger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Easter%20Egger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Easter Egger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Easter%20Egger.

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