yolked, a.
(jəʊkt)
[f. yolk n.1 + -ed2.]
Having or containing a yolk or yolks: chiefly in comb. as double-yolked, large-yolked, two-yolked.
| 1585 Higins Junius' Nomencl. 54/1 Ouum geminum,..a two yolked egge. 1599 T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 66 Whited alike, and yellow yolked all. 1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. V. 51/2 Animals..with the large-yolked ova. 1889 Science Gossip 118/1, I know that ‘double-yolked’ eggs are not uncommon. 1900 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Feb. 75 Small-yolked, holoblastic eggs. |