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Definition of Ectolecithal

Ectolecithal
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.

Meaning of Ectolecithal from wikipedia

- Neoophora is a group of rhabditophoran flatworms with ectolecithal eggs, i.e., yolk is not present in the egg as in most animals, but rather is secreted...
- subgroup of rhabditophoran flatworms distinguished by the presence of ectolecithal eggs, i.e., yolk is stored outside the ovocytes. However, recent molecular...