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yolk

the yellow of an egg

Not to be confused with:

yoke – a working frame for oxen

yolk

(yōk)

a. The portion of the egg of egg-laying vertebrates, such as reptiles and birds, and of certain invertebrates that consists chiefly of protein and fat and serves as the primary source of nourishment for the early embryo.

b. This portion of the egg of a bird, especially a chicken, which is large, yellow, and surrounded by albumen.

2. A greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool, which is refined to make lanolin.

[Middle English yolke, from Old English geolca, from geolu, yellow; see yellow.]

yolk′y adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

yolk

(jəʊk)

1. (Zoology) the substance in an animal ovum consisting of protein and fat that nourishes the developing embryo.

2. (Zoology) a greasy substance secreted by the skin of a sheep and present in the fleece

[Old English geoloca, from geolu yellow]

ˈyolkless adj

ˈyolky adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

yolk

(yoʊk, yoʊlk)

n.

1. the yellow and principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the white.

2. the part of the contents of the egg of an animal that enters directly into the formation of the embryo, together with any material that nourishes the embryo during its formation.

3. a natural grease exuded from the skin of sheep.

[before 1000; Old English geoloca, derivative of geolu yellow]

yolked, adj.

yolk′y, adj.

yolk

(yōk)

The yellow internal part of the egg of a bird or reptile. The yolk is surrounded by the albumen and supplies food to the developing young.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

yolk

The part of animal egg cell that serves as a food source for the embryo.

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Noun	1.	yolk - the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen egg yolk fixings, ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" eggs, egg - oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
	2.	yolk - nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) vitellus food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue egg - animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

Translations

صَفَارُ البَيْضصَفار البيْض

žloutek

blomme

Eidotter Eigelb Gelb Dotter

κρόκος

yema

keltuainenmunankeltuainen

jaune d’œufjaune d'oeuf

חלמון

žumanjakžutanjak

tojássárgája

eggjarauîa

tuorlo

卵の黄身

노른자

trynys

dzeltenums

dooiereidooiereierdooier eigeel

žĺtok

rumenjak

žumanceжуманце

äggulagula

ไข่แดง

yumurta sarısı yumurtanın sarısı

زردى

lòng đỏ trứng

蛋黄

yolk

[jəʊk] N → yema f (de huevo)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

yolk

[ˈjəʊk] n → jaune m, jaune m d'œuf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

yolk

n (of egg) → Eigelb nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

yolk

[jəʊk] n → tuorlo, rosso (d'uovo)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

yolk

(jouk) noun

(also ˈegg-yolk) the yellow part of an egg. The child will only eat the yolk of an egg – she won't eat the white.

yolk

→ صَفَارُ البَيْض žloutek blomme Eidotter κρόκος yema munankeltuainen jaune d’œuf žutanjak tuorlo 卵の黄身 노른자 eierdooier eggeplomme żółtko gema do ovo желток äggula ไข่แดง yumurtanın sarısı lòng đỏ trứng 蛋黄

yolk

1. n. yema del huevo;

2. conjunto de sustancias que nutren al embrión.

yolk

n yema; egg — yema de huevo; — sac saco vitelino

References in periodicals archive ?

At the other extreme, some species with direct development produce large, yolky eggs that are brooded and hatch as juveniles (e.g., in some freshwater crabs [Brachyura] and crayfish [Astacidea], Thiel, 2003; Martin et al., 2014).

Embryonic Development in the Peppermint Shrimp, Lysmata boggessi (Caridea: Lysmatidae)

Upon euthanasia, hens with normal and functional ovaries had 3-5 large preovulatory hierarchical follicles, several small yolky follicles, and many white follicles protruding from the ovarian surface with no cysts or solid tissue masses (Figure 1(a)).

Polycystic Ovarian Condition May Be a Risk Factor for Ovarian Tumor Development in the Laying Hen Model of Spontaneous Ovarian Cancer

niloticus revealed a decrease of vitellogenic (yolky) oocytes and an increase of deformed oocytes and atretic follicles in the ovaries of females exposed to brackish waters (Figure 10).

Effect of Salinity on Growth Hormone Family and Gonadotropin/Gonadal Axis of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

The Cessna's windows are covered with yolky smears of squashed insects and smudges of brick-red mud from an earlier flight to one of the communities in the vast selva, the lowland Amazon rainforest.

Pachamamas blood: Ecuador's Sapara people are developing strategies to fend off the dual threats of oil development and climate change

Vitellogenin is a female-specific protein synthesized in the liver, transported through the blood to growing oocytes and accumulated in yolky eggs as a food reserve for embryos and early larval stages of fish.

Short Communication - Non-Monotonic Endocrine-Disrupting Effects of Bisphenol-A on Vitellogenin Expression in Juvenile Freshwater Cyprinid, Catla catla

"In some females, much more than half the volume of the trunk is occupied by yolky eggs inside the oviducts; the rest of the visceral organs are pushed aside."

New Salamanders Discovered

Fishes were considered to be mature when the female ovaries contained large yolky eggs.

Evaluation the quality of the oil waste histological changes in the ovaries of the whipfin fish, Gerres filamentosus (Cuvier, 1829) during the reproductive cycle in the Hurghada Red Sea, Egypt

Sea nettles sway below the surf--their yolky bells could be parachutes hung with crepey streamers.

The Kingdom of the Medusae

At another extreme, some species with abbreviated or direct development produce large yolky eggs that are brooded and hatch as advanced-stage larvae or juveniles.

Reproductive investment in a phyletic giant, the Caribbean king crab Damithrax spinosissimus: exploring egg production costs in large brooding marine inertebrates

Ditzy sugar, frisking and whisking, yolky jokey eggs are diving and smacking, milk, then flour, snowy and showy and all so very blowy ...

Dunbar, Joyce and Dunbar, Polly: Pat-a-Cake Baby

Embrace the colour in the bedroom with a Jonah bed, upholstered in a deep, yolky yellow, from PS549 at Made.com.

Mellow yellow! From mild and mellow to bold and bright, Gabrielle Fagan reveals the punchy touches to make rooms bellow with yellow style

Once bubbling, add half to your yolky mixture and mix this together quickly.

RASPBERRY AND VANILLA MILLE FEUILLE

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