white yolk

white yolk
noun
: a light yellow yolk that forms thin layers and alternates with yellow yolk in the yolk mass of a bird's egg

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  • White — White, n. [1913 Webster] 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. [1913 Webster] Finely attired …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • yolk — /joʊk / (say yohk) noun 1. the yellow and principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the white. 2. Biology that part of the contents of the egg of an animal which enters directly into the formation of the embryo (formative yolk or… …  

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