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vitellarium

 
Dictionary: vi·tel·lar·i·um   (vīt'l-âr'ē-əm, vĭt'-) pronunciation

n., pl., -i·ums, or -i·a (-ē-ə).
A group of glands that secrete yolk around the egg in those invertebrates, such as worms, whose eggs do not contain yolk.

[New Latin, from Latin vitellus, egg yolk. See vitellus.]


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A gland which forms yolk.

 
 
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