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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Vitelligenous

· Vit·el·lig·e·nous · IPA
01 a. Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many i…
  1. 1.
    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.(Zool.)