vitellarium
English edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin, from vitellus (“yolk”) + -ārium (“place associated with”); equivalent to vitello- + -arium.
Noun edit
vitellarium (plural vitellaria)
- A type of gland, in flatworms and similar organisms, that secretes yolk.
- 1988, K. G. Adiyodi, Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Accessory Sex Glands, page 41:
- In the hymenolepid cestode Fimbriaria fasciolaris, the vitellaria and uterus are continuous throughout the strobila.
- 2015 July 8, “Convergent Reduction of Ovariole Number Associated with Subterranean Life in Beetles”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Germarium and vitellarium are distinct and the latter contains one or two small, immature basal oocytes.