"wind egg" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wind eggs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wind egg (plural wind eggs)
  1. An egg that is somehow lacking (e.g. lacking the yolk or the shell). Synonyms: wind-egg Hyponyms: cock egg
    Sense id: en-wind_egg-en-noun-t1FA~Wsc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. (figurative) Anything that is deficient in some way. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-wind_egg-en-noun-YXdLhXkl

Inflected forms

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