1. Noun
The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.
2. Noun
An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.
3. Noun
nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
4. Noun
the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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