n., pl., -lus·es.
The yolk of an egg.
[Latin, probably diminutive of vitulus, calf.]
vitellus
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vi·tel·lus (vĭ-tĕl'əs, vī-) 
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n., pl., -lus·es.
The yolk of an egg.
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The yolk of egg.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
Synonym: yolk
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