neurula

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An embryo of vertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

Word forms

neurula neurulas neurulae

Etymology

From New Latin neurula, diminutive in -ula of Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon, cord”).

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