vitellophage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of cell, in the eggs of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids, that are not part of the future embryo, and have an uncertain function

Word forms

vitellophage vitellophages

Etymology

From vitello- + -phage.

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