Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, hiding place, from latēre to lie hidden
: a flask-shaped mass of white yolk extending from the blastodisc of a bird's egg to the center of the yellow yolk
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‖ latebra Embryology.(ˈlætɪbrə)
[L., = ‘hiding-place’, f. latē-re to be hid.]
‘A small spherical mass of white yolk in the centre of the yellow yolk of a fowl's egg’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1888).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.