Meaning of alecithal | Babel Free
Definitions
Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.
not-comparable
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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