yolk
noun
the yellow and principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the white.
yolked
-
a word derived from
yolk.
Example Sentences
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Now, four years on, he has painted 615 variations of a fried egg, some split, some peppered, double yolked, big, small or in a skillet.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
Runt backed away to allow Pax to lap up the yolked prize.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
The egg of a whale is about the size of a fern-seed, but the yolked eggs of birds are large—that of the great auk was 7.5 inches long.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
Segmentation is, as in other richly yolked eggs, incomplete, confined to the germinal disk at the opercular pole.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
It is—as is that of Myxine—of large size, richly yolked and of a shortened-up sausage shape.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
