| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb ectolecithally.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (ectolecithally) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ectolecithal.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ECTOLECITHAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Ectolecithal \Ec`to*lec"i*thal\, adjective. [Ecto- Greek expression the yolk of an egg.]. (references) |
