oligolecithal egg

  • 1oligolecithal egg — An egg with a small amount of yolk; isolecithal; see centrolecithal egg, telolecithal egg …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 2oligolecithal — Having little yolk; denoting an egg in which there is only a little scattered deutoplasm. [oligo + G. lekithos, yolk] * * * oli·go·lec·i·thal les ə thəl adj of an egg having little yolk <echinoderm eggs are oligolecithal> * * *… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 3isolecithal egg — An ova with yolk granules randomly distributed through the cell; a small amount of yolk; an oligolecithal egg; see centrolecithal egg …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 4animal development — Introduction  the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by …

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