ovovitelline
/ˌəʊvəʊvɪˈtɛlʌɪn/ /ˌəʊvəʊvʌɪˈtɛlʌɪn/ /ˌəʊvəʊvɪˈtɛliːn/Zoology
adjective
Of or relating to the yolk of an egg. Also: of or relating to both the ovum and the yolk; specifically designating a duct in certain flatworms along which yolk cells and ova both pass.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in American Midland Naturalist. From ovo- + vitelline, probably after French ovovitelline.
- get (or give someone) ideas
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature
- get (or go) nowhere
- get (or have) a load on
- get (or have) one's ducks in a row
- get (or have) one's end away
- get (or have) one's (own) way
- get (or have or give someone) the hump
- get (or have) someone by the short and curlies (or short hairs)
- get (or have) the goods on
- get (or have) the jump on someone
- get (or have) the worst of it
- get (or keep) one's eye in
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of