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The largest biological cell is often cited as the ostrich egg, which is about 6 inches (15 cm) long and weigh about 3 pounds (1.4 kg). This is a myth. There are at least several biological cells larger than an ostrich egg, despite the fact that even many scientists and laypeople believe the ostrich egg is indeed the biggest.
The average size of an animal cell is ~10 to 50 microns (a micron is 10^-6 meter). A cheek cell would fall apx. in that range, probably 30-50 microns. Cell size varies greatly in multi-cellular animal cells, though--the egg cell size of some animals is quite a bit larger--think of an ostrich egg, which is a single cell.