(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:24:51

Cen`tro*lec"i*thal (?), a. [Gr. center + yolk of an egg.] Biol.

Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal.

Balfour.

 

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