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vitelligenous

vitelligenous adjective: producing yolk, or a yolk-like substance.

Adjective

vitelligenous (not comparable)

  1. Producing yolk, or a yolk-like substance
    • vitelligenous cells formed in the ovaries of insects

Origin of vitelligenous

From vitellus (“yolk”) + -genous.

Questions about vitelligenous

What does vitelligenous mean?
Vitelligenous means producing yolk, or a yolk-like substance.
What part of speech is vitelligenous?
Vitelligenous is an adjective.

Words near vitelligenous in the dictionary

  1. vitellicles
  2. vitelliferous
  3. vitelliform
  4. vitelligene
  5. vitelligenes
  6. vitelligenous
  7. vitelligerous
  8. vitellin
  9. vitellinate
  10. vitellinates
  11. vitelline

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