vitelline

American  

[vi-tel-in, -een, vahy-] / vɪˈtɛl ɪn, -in, vaɪ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the egg yolk.

2. having a yellow color resembling that of an egg yolk.

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vitelline British  

/ -aɪn, vɪˈtɛlɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to the yolk of an egg

   the vitelline gland

2. having the yellow colour of an egg yolk

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Etymology

Origin of vitelline

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word vitellīnus. See vitellus, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

This new individual at first is simply a uninucleated mass of living matter, which always contains a certain amount of food-yolk, and is generally bounded by a delicate cuticular membrane called the vitelline membrane.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Incomplete closure of the vitelline duct results in the presence of a diverticulum—Meckel’s—generally connected with the ileum, mainly important by reason of the readiness with which it occasions intestinal obstruction.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

The only membrane enclosing the individual eggs is the vitelline membrane.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

Other phosphoglobulins are vitelline, found in the yolk of hens' eggs, and ichthulin, found in the eggs of fish.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

These vessels naturally atrophy with the degeneration of the umbilical vesicle, and the vitelline circulation is replaced by a second, that of the allantois.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August