Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ectolecithal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ectolecithal \Ec`to*lec"i*thal\, a. [Ecto- + Gr. ? the yolk of
an egg.] (Biol.)
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.
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