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centrolecithal
[ sen-troh-les-uh-thuhl ]
adjective
Embryology.
- having a centrally located yolk, as certain insect eggs or ova.
centrolecithal
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adjective
- zoology (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of centrolecithal1
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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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