English Explanatory Dictionary

animal pole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The hemisphere of the blastula which eventually gives rise to the three germ layers and is composed of small cells that are in a state of rapid division.

Word forms

animal pole animal poles

Etymology

From animal (adjective) + pole (“extremity of an axis”).

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