Noun: vitellus
| Singular | vitellus |
| Plural | vitelli; vitelluses |
Sample Sentences
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In the sarcodo there takes place a process which may be in some measure compared with what occurs in the vitellus after the fecundation of an ovum. The granules becoming united together form groups, which soon divide and subdivide […] [1861, F. Rymer Jones, The General Structure of the Animal Kingdom, page 48:]
Nouns inflected like vitellus
renal calculus,
pylorus,
prolapsus,
parahippocampal gyrus,
hyperradius,
succubus,
scarabaeus,
colossus,
eucalyptus,
papyrus,
disfocus,
polypus,
phallus,
solidus,
silurus,
lenticular nucleus,
dinosaurus,
chorepiscopus,
ankylosaurus,
fusiform gyrus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin vitellus (“the yolk of an egg”). Doublet of veal. See: Latin Nouns '
vitellus'.