vitellarium

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vitellarium (plural vitellaria)

  1. A type of gland, in flatworms and similar organisms, that secretes yolk.
    • 1988, K. G. Adiyodi, Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Accessory Sex Glands, page 41:
      In the hymenolepid cestode Fimbriaria fasciolaris, the vitellaria and uterus are continuous throughout the strobila.
    • 2015 July 8, “Convergent Reduction of Ovariole Number Associated with Subterranean Life in Beetles”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Germarium and vitellarium are distinct and the latter contains one or two small, immature basal oocytes.
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