Hypernym

food 1

noun

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

Part_meronym

egg 1

noun

animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

vitellus 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

Synonyms

yolk 2
nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

Part_holonym

egg 1

noun

animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds