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 ...
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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]
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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 purified, it becomes lanolin. Synonyms: vitellus ...
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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
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