Blastoderm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The layer of cells that develops on the surface of the yolk in an avian or reptilian egg and gives rise to the germinal disk from which the embryo develops.
  • n. The layer of cells formed by the cleavage of a fertilized mammalian egg. It later divides into the three germ layers from which the embryo develops.
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  • n. The germination point in an ovum from whence the embryo develops.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. the early embryo developing from a blastodisc, after the blastocoel has formed.
  • n. in an insect embryo, the layer of cells that surrounds the internal mass of the yolk.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In embryology, the primitive membrane or layer of cells resulting from the subdivision of the germ (the segmentation of the vitellus or yolk).
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  • n. a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
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    Form
    blastodermic    blastodermal   
     
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