ECTOLECITHAL

ectolecithal: translation

adj. [Gr. ektos, outside; lekithos, yolk of an egg]

(PLATYHELMINTHES: Turbellaria)

Having cleavage modified by a special condition whereby yolk is stored in separate cells surrounding the oocytes as opposed to entolecithal as seen in other animal phyla whose eggs contain yolk.

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