VITELLIGENOUS

Adjective

vitelligenous (not comparable)

(zoology) Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; applied to certain cells formed in the ovaries of insects and supposed to supply nutrition to the developing ova.

Source: Wiktionary


Vit`el*lig"e*nous, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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