Yolk /(yōlk [or] yōk; 277)/
Yolk
n.
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The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.
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An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Yolk cord
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a slender cord or duct which connects the yolk glands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids.
- Yolk gland
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a special organ which secretes the yolk of the eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Appendix.
- Yolk sack
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the umbilical vesicle. See under Unbilical.