afteregg

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noun

A meroblastic egg, ovum, or ovule which has acquired its store of foodyolk, or been otherwise modified from its original primitive condition as an egg-cell or protovum

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Meanings

nounafteregg (plural aftereggs)

plural aftereggs · alternative after-egg

  1. A meroblastic egg, ovum, or ovule which has acquired its store of foodyolk, or been otherwise modified from its original primitive condition as an egg-cell or protovum

    Synonyms: metovum, deutovum

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA meroblastic egg, ovum, or ovule which has acquired its store of foodyolk, or been otherwise modified from its original primitive condition as an egg-cell or protovum

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metovumdeutovum

Origin

From after- + egg.

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afteregg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afteregg

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“afteregg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afteregg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afteregg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afteregg.

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