Vitelliform
/ˌvɪt̬əˈlɪfɔːrm/noun
Resembling or shaped like an egg yolk.
Did you know?Vitelliform is built from Latin vitellus, “egg yolk,” plus -form, so the word’s core image is an egg’s golden center frozen into scientific vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
vitellus
“egg yolk”
Late Latin
Latin
vitellinus
“of or like egg yolk”
16th Century
English
vitelline
“pertaining to egg yolk or the yolk sac”
19th Century
English
vitelliform
“having the form of an egg yolk”
Modern English
English
vitelliform
“resembling or shaped like an egg yolk”