vitellophag
noun
vi·tel·lo·phag
vīˈteləˌfag,
və̇ˈt-
variants
or less commonly vitellophage
-fāj
plural -s
: any of the cleavage cells or nuclei in a centrolecithal egg that do not participate in embryo formation but remain in and function in the assimilation of the yolk
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