BLASTOPHORE
\blˈastəfˌɔː], \blˈastəfˌɔː], \b_l_ˈa_s_t_ə_f_ˌɔː]\
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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.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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