"egger" meaning in English

See egger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛɡə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-egger.wav [Southern-England] Forms: eggers [plural]
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  1. One who gathers eggs. Related terms: butter-and-egger, egger-on, ham-and-egger, pace-egger
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛɡə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-egger.wav [Southern-England] Forms: eggers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡə(ɹ) Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} egger (plural eggers)
  1. An eggar moth; any of various species of family Lasiocampidae, especially the oak eggar-moth, Lasiocampa quercus.
    Sense id: en-egger-en-noun-ODFoCHga Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Moths Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Moths: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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