cleavage furrow

noun

The invagination of the cell membrane, at the equatorial plane of the cell, that characterizes the onset of cytokinesis in animal cells.

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Meanings

nouncleavage furrow (plural cleavage furrows)

plural cleavage furrows

  1. biologyThe invagination of the cell membrane, at the equatorial plane of the cell, that characterizes the onset of cytokinesis in animal cells.
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