Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In embryology, that stage in the development of the egg which succeeds the blastula and precedes the formation of the gastrula.
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Examples
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B depula, with advanced invagination, from the primitive mouth (g).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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(C) Gastrula of an echinoderm (star-fish, Uraster), not completely folded in (depula).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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I have in my Natural History of Creation given the name of depula to the remarkable intermediate form which appears at the passage of the blastula into the gastrula.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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Sagittal section of a hooded-embryo (depula) of triton
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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H depula, or hollowed blastula (transverse section).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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