Vitelligenous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vitelligenous \Vit`el*lig"e*nous\, a. (Zool.)
     Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain
     cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the
     ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to
     the developing ova.
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