animal pole

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. ^ “animal pole, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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