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centrolecithal

[ sen-troh-les-uh-thuhl ]

adjective

Embryology.
  1. having a centrally located yolk, as certain insect eggs or ova.


centrolecithal

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adjective

  1. zoology (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of centrolecithal1

First recorded in 1875–80; centro- + lecithal
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Example Sentences

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Segmentation is usually of the superficial or centrolecithal type.

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In other Arthropodan eggs the cleavage is on the so-called centrolecithal type, in which the dividing nuclei pass to the cortex of the ovum, and the surface of the ovum becomes indented with grooves corresponding to each nucleus.

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Centrolecithal: applied to eggs in which the food yolk is central.

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