telolecithal

[tel-oh-les-uh-thuh l, tee-loh-]

adjective Embryology.

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

Origin of telolecithal

1875–80; telo-² + Greek lékith(os) yolk + -al¹

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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
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 Balfour
The Cephalopoda appear to be the only Invertebrates in which the egg is mesoblastic and telolecithal like that of Vertebrata.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6
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telolecithal in Medicine

telolecithal

[tĕl′ə-lĕs′ə-thəl, tē′lə-]

adj.

Having a yolk that is concentrated at one end.

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