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Food produced in layers (4)

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eggs

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This could be a double definition.

'food' is the first definition.
(eggs is a kind of food)

'layers' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'produced in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for eggs that I've seen before include "Ova" , "__ Benedict" , "Oval food items" , "Ovoid objects" , "Bombs or mines (slang)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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