animal pole

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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