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Meaning of alecithal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Deutsch alecithal

Examples

“1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology It is convenient to distinguish the ova which segment uniformly by some term ; and I should propose for this the term alecithal, as implying that they are without food-yolk or […] little”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

alectorian alectorioid alectryomantic aled up alegal alelike