Etymology

gastrulation

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Today it means: The stage of embryo development at which a gastrula is formed from the blastula by the inward migration of cells. Full definition →

German Gastrulation
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  1. German · borrowed fromGastrulation
  2. English todaygastrulation

From German Gastrulation, coined by Ernst Haeckel in his 1872 work "Biology of Calcareous Sponges" (see also gastrula).

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