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Noun: yolk  yowk
  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: yours, yaws

Derived forms: yolks

Type of: fixings, food, ingredient, nutrient

Part of: egg, eggs

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