The yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen.

synoniem: egg yolk.

Roget 436: yellow etc. adj.; or.    [Pigments] gamboge; cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow; orpiment^†, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin^†; xanthein [Chem], xanthin^†; zaofulvin^†.    crocus, saffron, topaz; xanthite^†; yolk.    jaundice; London fog^†; yellowness etc. adj.; icterus^†; xantho-cyanopia^†, xanthopsia [Med.].    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: dooier, eierdooier, eigeel, geel
Pools: żółtko

Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg).

synoniem: vitellus.