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vitellarium

vitellarium

English

Noun

vitellarium (plural vitellaria)

  1. A type of gland, in flatworms and similar organisms, that secretes yolk.
    • 2015 July 8, “Convergent Reduction of Ovariole Number Associated with Subterranean Life in Beetles”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131986:
      Germarium and vitellarium are distinct and the latter contains one or two small, immature basal oocytes.