discoidal cleavage

noun

: meroblastic cleavage in which a disk of cells is produced at the animal pole of the zygote (as in bird eggs)

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circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of discoidal cleavage was circa 1909

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discoidal cleavage

noun

: meroblastic cleavage in which a disk of cells is produced at the animal pole of the zygote (as in bird eggs)

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