Defn: A form of machine for exhibiting animated pictures.
VITELLARY Vit"el*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. vitellus a little calf, the yolk of an egg.] (Biol.)
Defn: Vitelline.
VITELLIGENOUS
Vit`el*lig"e*nous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; — applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova.
VITELLIN
Vi*tel"lin, n. Etym: [See Vitellus.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: An albuminous body, belonging to the class of globulins, obtained from yolk of egg, of which it is the chief proteid constituent, and from the seeds of many plants. From the latter it can be separated in crystalline form.
VITELLINE
Vi*tel"line, a. Etym: [L. vitellus the yolk of an egg.] (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the yolk of eggs; as, the vitelline membrane, a smooth, transparent membrane surrounding the vitellus.
VITELLOGENE
Vi*tel"lo*gene, n. Etym: [See Vitellus, and -gen.] (Zoöl.)