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thousand-year egg

thousand-year egg noun: a century egg (a Chinese egg dish).

Noun

thousand-year egg (plural thousand-year eggs)

  1. A century egg (a Chinese egg dish).

Forms of thousand-year egg

pluralthousand-year eggs

Questions about thousand-year egg

What does thousand-year egg mean?
Thousand-year egg means a century egg (a Chinese egg dish).
What part of speech is thousand-year egg?
Thousand-year egg is a noun.
What is the plural of thousand-year egg?
The plural of thousand-year egg is thousand-year eggs.

Words near thousand-year egg in the dictionary

  1. thousand-mile stares
  2. thousand-millionfold
  3. thousand-millionth
  4. thousand-yard stare
  5. thousand-yard stares
  6. thousand-year egg
  7. thousand-year eggs
  8. thousand-year-old egg
  9. thousand-year-old eggs
  10. thousandaire
  11. thousandaires

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