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vitellus

vitellus noun: the contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk.

Noun

vitellus (countable and uncountable, plural vitelli or vitelluses)

  1. (archaic) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk.
    • In the sarcodo there takes place a process which may be in some measure compared with what occurs in the vitellus after the fecundation of an ovum. The granules becoming united together form groups, which soon divide and subdivide […]1861, F. Rymer Jones, The General Structure of the Animal Kingdom, page 48
  2. (archaic) Perisperm in an early condition, or when it surrounds the endosperm.
  3. An oily substance adhering to the spores of Lycopodium.

vitellus meaning in Tamil

vitellus in Tamil

முட்டை மஞ்சள் கரு

Forms of vitellus

pluralvitelli
pluralvitelluses

Origin of vitellus

From Latin vitellus (“the yolk of an egg”). Doublet of veal.

Words formed from vitellus

Questions about vitellus

What does vitellus mean?
Vitellus means the contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk.
What is vitellus in Tamil?
Vitellus in Tamil is முட்டை மஞ்சள் கரு. See Vitellus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vitellus?
Vitellus is a noun.
What is the plural of vitellus?
The plural of vitellus is vitelli.

Words near vitellus in the dictionary

  1. vitellolytic
  2. vitellophage
  3. vitellophages
  4. vitellorubin
  5. Vitellos
  6. vitellus
  7. vitelluses
  8. Viter
  9. Viterbi
  10. Viterbi algorithm
  11. viterbite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vitellus (page history and authors); vitellus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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