jelly coat

noun

Biochemistry.

an ovum-produced glycoprotein that causes adhesion of sperm to the ovum; fertilizin.

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The few ants that chomped down got their mouths temporarily stuck in the larvae’s jelly coat or pulled away quickly and cleaned the gunk of their mandibles.