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Yolk :: Yolk (n.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.

Deutoplasm :: Deutoplasm (n.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk..

Ectolecithal :: Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova..

Yelk :: Yelk (n.) Same as Yolk.

Cicatricle :: Cicatricle (n.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.

Mayonnaise :: Mayonnaise (n.) A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce..

Ovoplasma :: Ovoplasma (n.) Yolk; egg yolk.

Glyconin :: Glyconin (n.) An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc..

Egg :: Egg (n.) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the white or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane..

Centrolecithal :: Centrolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal..

Ichthidin :: Ichthidin (n.) A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.

Lecithin :: Lecithin (n.) A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles..

Chalaza :: Chalaza (n.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle..

Holoblastic :: Holoblastic (a.) Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic..

Scramble :: Scramble (v. t.) To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking..

Vitelline :: Vitelline (a.) Of or pertaining to the yolk of eggs; as, the vitelline membrane, a smooth, transparent membrane surrounding the vitellus..

Vitellin :: Vitellin (n.) An albuminous body, belonging to the class of globulins, obtained from yolk of egg, of which it is the chief proteid constituent, and from the seeds of many plants. From the latter it can be separated in crystalline form..

Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into

Ichthin :: Ichthin (n.) A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes..

Somatic :: Somatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo..

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