"yolk" in the noun sense
1. egg yolk, yolk
the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen
2. yolk, vitellus
nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
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