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Chalaza vs Chalazae - What's the difference?

chalaza | chalazae |

As nouns the difference between chalaza and chalazae

is that chalaza is one of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white while chalazae is plural of chalaza.

chalaza

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (zoology) One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.
  • (botany) The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.

    • Related terms

    * chalazal ----

    chalazae

    English

    Noun

    (head)