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Adverb

  1. An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.
    • Continents (e.g., Asia) contain many large bodies of water (e.g., lakes and inland seas) and many large flowing streams of water (i.e., rivers).

Noun

  1. An example. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
    • Lemurs are an e.g. of a non-simian primate.

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