Anat. Pl. -aria. [mod.L., f. vitell-us VITELLUS.] An accessory gland in the female productive organs of some worms, by which the vitellus for the eggs is secreted; a yolk-gland.
1865. Nat. Hist. Rev., July, 336. There is added a highly specialised yolk-forming apparatus, or ‘vitellarium.’
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., iv. 178. The two vitellaria, which are long and simple or branched tubes, open into the oviduct.
