1. Noun
The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. See Illust. of Ovum.
2. Noun
Perisperm in an early condition.
3. 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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