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al·lan·to·is \əˈlantəwə̇s, -nˌtȯis\ noun (plural allanto·i·des \ˌalən.ˈtōəˌdēz, ˌaˌlan.-, -tȯiˌdēz\) Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Middle French allantoide — more at allantoid : a vascular fetal membrane of reptiles, birds, or mammals arising as a pouch or sac from the hindgut, in reptiles and birds expanding greatly between the amnion and chorion to serve as a respiratory organ while its cavity stores the fetal excretions and in placental mammals intimately associated with the chorion in formation of the placenta to which it contributes blood vessels and usually a part of the cellular stroma |