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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In embryology, nothing those ova which have the food-yolk peripheral in position, and thus exterior to the formative yolk.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg.

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  • adjective biology Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the centre of the egg.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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