animal pole
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From animal (adjective) + pole (“extremity of an axis”).[1]
Noun
[edit]animal pole (plural animal poles)
- (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
Translations
[edit]hemisphere of the blastula which eventually gives rise to the three germ layers
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References
[edit]- ^ “animal pole, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.