Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL-LAN-TOIS', or AL-LAN-TOID'
AL-LAN-TO'IC-A-CIDALL-AP-PROV-ED
AL-LAN-TOIS', or AL-LAN-TOID', n. [Gr. αλλας, a sausage, and ειδος, form.]
A thin membrane, situated between the chorion and amnion in quadrupeds, and forming one of the membranes which invest the fetus in those animals. – Ed. Encyc.
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