What is the size of an ostrich egg? Is it a single cell or a group of cells?

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About the size of a largish grapefruit (or coconut)

If it has not been fertilized, it is one single cell (an ovum). If it is fertilized, its number of cells may be anywhere from 2 to n (where n depends on how far the resulting zygote development has progressed).

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