Vitellin

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

  Vitellin \Vi*tel"lin\, n. [See {Vitellus}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     An albuminous body, belonging to the class of globulins,
     obtained from yolk of egg, of which it is the chief proteid
     constituent, and from the seeds of many plants. From the
     latter it can be separated in crystalline form.
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