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See also: eggyolk and egg-yolk

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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).

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egg yolk (countable and uncountable, plural egg yolks)

  1. The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.

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