amphiblastic

English

Etymology

From amphi- +‎ -blastic.

Adjective

amphiblastic (not comparable)

  1. (biology) exhibiting both holoblastic and meroblastic features: a telolecithal ovum with complete cleavage.
    amphiblastic gastrulation

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “amphiblastic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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