BLASTODERMIC VESSICLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred

Synonyms:

blastocyst; blastodermic vessicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("blastodermic vessicle" is a kind of...):

blastosphere; blastula (early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs)

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