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Meaning of VITELLUS

Pronunciation:  vi'telus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
 
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 Synonyms: yolk
 
 See Also: egg, food, nutrient

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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