˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

telolecithal

[ tel-oh-les-uh-thuhl, tee-loh- ]

adjective

Embryology.
  1. having an accumulation of yolk near the vegetal pole, as the large-yolked eggs or ova of reptiles and birds.


Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of telolecithal1

1875–80; telo- 2 + Greek ±ôé°ì¾±³Ù³ó ( os ) yolk + -al 1
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Segmenting unequally; Ã said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

From

The Cephalopoda appear to be the only Invertebrates in which the egg is mesoblastic and telolecithal like that of Vertebrata.

From

An ovum such as this, in which the protoplasm is concentrated towards one pole, is called telolecithal.

From

Telolecithal: eggs with the yelk at one end.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement