vitellogene

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English

Etymology

From vitello- +‎ -gene.

Noun

vitellogene (plural vitellogenes)

  1. (zoology) A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vitellogene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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