Usually means: Protective outer layer around yolk.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. vitelline membrane: Merriam-Webster
  2. vitelline membrane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. vitelline membrane: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. vitelline membrane: Collins English Dictionary
  5. vitelline membrane: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. vitelline membrane: Dictionary.com
  7. Vitelline membrane: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. vitelline membrane: Encyclopedia

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  1. vitelline membrane: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. vitelline membrane, Vitelline membrane: Medical dictionary

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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Vitelline membrane)

noun:  The vitelline membrane or vitelline envelope is a structure surrounding the outer surface of the plasma membrane of an ovum (the oolemma) or, in some animals (e.g., birds), the extracellular yolk and the oolemma.


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