Crossword clues for vitellus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vitellus \Vi*tel"lus\, n. [L., the yolk of an egg.]
(Biol.) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. See Illust. of Ovum.
(Bot.) Perisperm in an early condition.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context biology English) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. 2 (context botany English) perisperm in an early condition.
WordNet
Usage examples of "vitellus".
In the intervals of space left free between Naples, Milan, Florence, and Venice, petty tyrants had arisen who exercised an absolute sovereignty over their territories: thus the Colonnas were at Ostia and at Nettuna, the Montefeltri at Urbino, the Manfredi at Faenza, the Bentivogli at Bologna, the Malatesta family at Rimini, the Vitelli at Citta di Castello, the Baglioni at Perugia, the Orsini at Vicovaro, and the princes of Este at Ferrara.
He, however, sent Carlo Orsini, son of Virginio, the prisoner, and Vitellozzo Vitelli, brother of Camillo Vitelli, one of the three valiant Italian condottieri who had joined him and fought for him at the crossing of the Taro: These two captains, whose courage and skill were well known, brought with them a considerable sum of money from the liberal coffers of Charles VIII.
Vitellozza Vitelli in particular, who knew Caesar the best, never ceased to tell the other condottieri that so prompt and easy a peace must needs be the cover to some trap.