Definition of vitelline membrane
: a membrane enclosing an egg that comprises the zona pellucida in mammals and that upon fertilization splits off from the surface of the egg forming a fertilization membrane in many invertebrates and amphibians and in some fish
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The first known use of vitelline membrane was in 1845
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