animal pole

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English

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Etymology

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From animal (adjective) +‎ pole (“extremity of an axis”).[1]

Noun

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animal pole (plural animal poles)

  1. (embryology) 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.
    Coordinate term: vegetal pole

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References

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  1. ^ “animal pole, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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