A person or animal that eats eggs, particularly birds or other creatures that consume eggs as food.
From English 'egg' (from Old Norse 'egg') + 'eater' (from Old English 'etan', meaning to consume). The compound emerged in English as a descriptor for animals with egg-eating habits.
Many birds and snakes are egg-eaters, and some species like Egyptian vultures even use tools—dropping rocks on ostrich eggs to crack them open. This simple word describes one of nature's most resourceful feeding strategies.
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