afteregg
English
Alternative forms
after-egg
Etymology
From
after-
+
egg
.
Noun
afteregg
(
plural
aftereggs
)
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