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vitellus

vi·tel·lus

uncommon archaic

noun

1.

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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Origin

From Latin vitellus (“the yolk of an egg”). Doublet of veal.

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