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BLASTOPHORE

\blˈastəfˌɔː], \blˈastəfˌɔː], \b_l_ˈa_s_t_ə_f_ˌɔː]\

Definitions of BLASTOPHORE

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Embryonic origin of plumule; in Alcyonaria the reproductive body, giving rise usually to buds; the central part of the spermocyte mass in worms, which remains unchanged through spermatogenesis.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

That part of a sperm-cell that is not converted into spermatozoa.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

That portion of a spermatospore which does not become converted into spermatozoids. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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