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    BLASTOCOELE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastulaplay

    Synonyms:

    blastocele; blastocoel; blastocoele; cleavage cavity; segmentation cavity

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("blastocoele" is a kind of...):

    bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

    Holonyms ("blastocoele" is a part 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)

    Derivation:

    blastocoelic (of or relating to a segmentation cavity)

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