Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ectolecithal

Ectolecithal , adjective

[Ecto- + Greek {not transcribed} the yolk of an egg.]

(Biology) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova.