telolecithal
[ tel-oh-les-uh-thuh l, tee-loh- ]
/ ˌtɛl oʊˈlɛs ə θəl, ˌti loʊ- /
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adjective Embryology.
having an accumulation of yolk near the vegetal pole, as the large-yolked eggs or ova of reptiles and birds.
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Examples from the Web for telolecithal
There is a third group of ova including a series of types of segmentation nearly parallel to the telolecithal group.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland BalfourThe Cephalopoda appear to be the only Invertebrates in which the egg is mesoblastic and telolecithal like that of Vertebrata.
Ova belonging to the former group are known as telolecithal ova, those to the latter as centrolecithal.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
Medicine definitions for telolecithal
telolecithal
[ tĕl′ə-lĕs′ə-thəl, tē′lə- ]
adj.
Having a yolk that is concentrated at one end.
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