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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ECTOLECITHAL
Ec
`
to
*lec "i *thal, a.
Etym:
[
Ecto-
+
Gr.
(Biol.)
Defn:
Having
the
food
yolk,
at
the
commencement
of
segmentation,
in
a
peripheral
position,
and
the
cleavage
process
confined
to
the
center
of
the
egg;
as,
ectolecithal
ova.