yolk (n.)

  1. the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen

    [ Syn: egg yolk ]

  2. nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

    [ Syn: vitellus ]

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