"Easter Egger" meaning in All languages combined

See Easter Egger on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Easter Eggers [plural]
Etymology: Easter egg + -er, likening the blue shells to the colourful wrapping of chocolate Easter eggs. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Easter egg|er|id2=relational}} Easter egg + -er Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Easter Egger}} Easter Egger (plural Easter Eggers)
  1. (US) Any chicken that possesses the gene for laying blue eggs without fully meeting any official breed description. Wikipedia link: Easter Egger Tags: US

Inflected forms

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