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Look up: Yolk

  1. Yolk
    Yolk is a food store found in eggs.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Yolk
    The yolk is part of an embryo which serves as nutrition for the rest of the embryo.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. yolk
    [n] - nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Yolk
    Yolk (yōlk or yōk; 277) noun [ Middle English yolke , yelke , ʒolke , ʒelke , Anglo-Saxon geoloca , geoleca , from geolu yellow. See Yellow .] [ Written also yelk .] 1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. 2. (Zoology) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool o ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Y/6

  5. 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 ... Alternative forms: yelk. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. 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)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. yolk
    (yōk) the stored nutrient of the ovum.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  8. Yolk
    • (n.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. • (n.) The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. 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 on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/y/9


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