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lecithotrophy

lecithotrophy noun: a form of development in which the embryo receives no nutrition other than the yolk originally contained within its egg.

Noun

lecithotrophy (uncountable)

  1. A form of development in which the embryo receives no nutrition other than the yolk originally contained within its egg.

Words formed from lecithotrophy

Questions about lecithotrophy

What does lecithotrophy mean?
Lecithotrophy means a form of development in which the embryo receives no nutrition other than the yolk originally contained within its egg.
What part of speech is lecithotrophy?
Lecithotrophy is a noun.

Words near lecithotrophy in the dictionary

  1. lecithodendriids
  2. lecithotroph
  3. lecithotrophic
  4. lecithotrophically
  5. lecithotrophs
  6. lecithotrophy
  7. lecithotropic
  8. lecitotrophic
  9. lecitotrophy
  10. Leck
  11. lecker

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