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1. The yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen
   - egg yolk
    
2. Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
   - vitellus

Sounds like: yoke

Derived forms: yolks

Type of: fixings, food, ingredient, nutrient

Part of: egg, eggs

Encyclopedia: Yolk