lash egg

noun

an egg-shaped mass of tissue and pus, often containing remnants of egg material, that a hen expels due to an infection of her oviduct (salpingitis)

Meanings

nounlash egg (plural lash eggs)

plural lash eggs

  1. an egg-shaped mass of tissue and pus, often containing remnants of egg material, that a hen expels due to an infection of her oviduct (salpingitis)

Origin

From lash (“soft, watery, wet”) + egg.

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lash egg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lash%20egg

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“lash egg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lash%20egg. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lash egg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lash%20egg.

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