vitellariumn.
/vɪtɛˈlɛːrɪəm/ Anatomy.
An accessory gland in the female productive organs of some worms, by which the vitellus for the eggs is secreted; a yolk-gland.
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1865 Nat. Hist. Rev. July 336 There is added a highly specialised yolk-forming apparatus, or ‘vitellarium’.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iv. 178 The two vitellaria, which are long and simple or branched tubes, open into the oviduct.
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