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Noun: vitellarium
  1. A modified part of the ovary that in many flatworms and rotifers produces yolk-filled cells serving to nourish the true eggs
    "The vitellarium plays a crucial role in the reproductive system of planarian flatworms"

Derived forms: vitellariums

Type of: gland, secretor, secretory organ

Part of: flatworm, platyhelminth

Encyclopedia: Vitellarium