Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The modified blastula that is characteristic of placental mammals.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The germinal vesicle. N. E. D. See blastoderm.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biol.) The germinal vesicle.

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  • noun biology The mammalian blastula

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred

Etymologies

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blasto- +‎ cyst

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