Usually means: Eggs with unevenly distributed yolk.
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  1. heterolecithal: Merriam-Webster
  2. heterolecithal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. heterolecithal: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heterolecithal: Wordnik
  5. heterolecithal: Wiktionary
  6. heterolecithal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. heterolecithal: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. heterolecithal: Dictionary.com
  9. heterolecithal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (biology) Having the yolk unevenly distributed within the cytoplasm

Similar:
homolecithal, isolecithal, mesolecithal, centrolecithal, telolecithal, ectolecithal, alecithal, amphiblastic, heterokont, holoblastic, more...

Opposite:
isolecithal, homolecithal

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Similar:
homolecithal, isolecithal, mesolecithal, centrolecithal, telolecithal, ectolecithal, alecithal, amphiblastic, heterokont, holoblastic, more...

Opposite:
isolecithal, homolecithal



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