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)
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central part of an egg — see yolk