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archiblast

[ ahr-kuh-blast ]

noun

, Biology.
  1. the formative part of the egg, as distinguished from the part that nourishes the embryo.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of archiblast1

First recorded in 1875–80; archi- + -blast
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Example Sentences

Parablast, par′a-blast, n. the supplementary or nutritive yolk of a meroblastic egg or metovum—as distinguished from the archiblast, or formative yolk.—adj.

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