Look up: Yolk


  1. yolk
    [n] - nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
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  2. Yolk
    Yolk (yōlk or yōk; 277) noun [ Middle English yolke , yelke , ʒolke , ʒelke , Anglo-Saxon geoloca , geoleca , from geolu yellow. See Yellow .] [ Written also ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Y/6

  3. yolk
    1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. ... 2. <zoology> An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. ... <anatomy> Yolk cord, the umbilical vesicle. See Unbilical. ... Origin: OE. Yolke, yelke, yolke, yelke, AS. Geoloca, geoleca, fr. Geolu yellow. See Yellow ... Alter...
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  4. yolk
    vitellus noun nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
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  5. yolk
    (yōk) the stored nutrient of the ovum.
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  6. Yolk
    • (n.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. • (n.) The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.
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  7. yolk
    the nutritive material of an egg, used as food by a developing, embryonic animal. Eggs with relatively little, uniformly distributed yolk are termed ... [10 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/y/9

  8. Yolk
    The yolk is part of an embryo which serves as nutrition for the rest of the embryo.
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  9. Yolk
    Yolk is a food store found in eggs.
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  10. yolk
    Type: Term Pronunciation: yōk, yōlk Definitions: 1. One of the types of nutritive material stored in the oocyte (ovum) for the nutrition of the embryo; yolk is particularly abundant and conspicuous in the eggs of birds. 2. Fatty material found in the wool of sheep; when extracted and purif...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=100317

  11. yolk
    Store of food, mostly in the form of fats and proteins, found in the eggs of many animals. It provides nourishment for the growing embryo
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008139.html

  12. Yolk
    The food part of an egg.
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  13. yolk
    1) Central part 2) Core of an egg 3) Egg center 4) Egg innards 5) Egg part 6) Egg section 7) Food 8) Food store found in eggs 9) Hollandaise ingredient 10) Hollandaise sauce ingredient 11) It's enveloped in white 12)...
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