a. [f. YOLK sb.1 + -ED2.] Having or containing a yolk or yolks: chiefly in comb. as double-, large-, two-yolked.

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1585.  Higins, Junius’ Nomencl., 54/1. Ouum geminum,… a two yolked egge.

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1599.  T. M[oufet], Silkwormes, 66. Whited alike, and yellow yolked all.

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1859.  Todd’s Cycl. Anat., V. 51/2. Animals … with the large yolked ova.

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1889.  Science Gossip, 118/1. I know that ‘double-yolked’ eggs are not uncommon.

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1900.  Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci., Feb., 75. Small-yolked, holoblastic eggs.

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