afteregg

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From after- +‎ egg.

Noun[edit]

afteregg (plural aftereggs)

  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

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