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Definitions for: Vitellus [n] nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
Webster (1913) 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.
Synonyms: yolk
See Also: egg, food, nutrient
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