telolecithal

American

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

adjective

Embryology.

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

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

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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