animal pole
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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
|
References[edit]
- ^ “animal pole, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.