'Vitellus' definitions:
Definition of '
vitellus
'
(from
WordNet
)
noun
Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) [syn:
yolk
, vitellus]
Definition of '
Vitellus
'
From:
GCIDE
Vitellus \Vi*tel"lus\, n. [L., the yolk of an egg.] [1913 Webster]
1. (Biol.) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. See Illust. of
Ovum
. [1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Perisperm in an early condition. [1913 Webster]
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