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Vitellus   Listen
noun
Vitellus  n.  
1.
(Biol.) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk.
2.
(Bot.) Perisperm in an early condition.





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"Vitellus" Quotes from Famous Books



... In love als wel as other weie. Wherof, if I schal more seie 530 Upon the nature of the vice, Of custume and of exercice The mannes grace hou it fordoth, A tale, which was whilom soth, Of fooles that so drunken were, I schal reherce unto thine Ere. I rede in a Cronique thus Of Galba and of Vitellus, The whiche of Spaigne bothe were The greteste of alle othre there, 540 And bothe of o condicion After the disposicion Of glotonie and drunkeschipe. That was a sori felaschipe: For this thou miht wel ...
— Confessio Amantis - Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, 1330-1408 A.D. • John Gower


Words linked to "Vitellus" :   egg, nutrient


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