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yolk-sac placenta

noun

Definition of yolk-sac placenta

: a structure in some sharks resembling a placenta, consisting of the vascular embryonic yolk sac wall intimately associated with the vascular maternal uterine or oviducal wall, and serving to nourish the embryo

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