About The Word Vitellus
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Vitellus
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What's The Definition Of Vitellus?
[n] nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Vitellus: yolk Related Terms | Find terms related to Vitellus: See Also | egg | food | nutrient Vitellus In Webster's Dictionary \Vi*tel"lus\, n. [L., the yolk of an egg.]
1. (Biol.) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk.
See Illust. of {Ovum}.
2. (Bot.) Perisperm in an early condition.
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