• Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    No, an egg is usually a unfertilized embrio. (Unsure if that’s the right term) my point is that the eggs we eat will not become chickens.

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      6 days ago

      “Embryo” still implies fertilization - in casual use, it’s a broad term, but you wouldn’t use it of an unfertilized egg cell.

      I don’t think most people would think of the egg itself as a chicken even if fertilized. The zygote inside the egg becomes the chicken, not the egg itself.