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telolecithal

American  
[tel-oh-les-uh-thuhl, tee-loh-] / ˌtɛl oʊˈlɛs ə θəl, ˌti loʊ- /

adjective

Embryology.

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

Etymology

Origin of telolecithal

1875–80; telo- 2 + Greek lékith ( os ) yolk + -al 1

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Telolecithal: eggs with the yelk at one end.

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