vitelligenous

from The Century Dictionary.

• Producing yolk or vitellus: specifying those cells secreted by the ovarioles of certain insects, which are supposed to supply nutriment to the ova. Also vitellogenous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective (Zoöl.) 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective zoology Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; applied to certain cells formed in the ovaries of insects and supposed to supply nutrition to the developing ova.