cytula

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noun

The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism.

OriginAncient Greek κύτος →
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Meanings

nouncytula (plural cytulas)

plural cytulas

  1. biologyThe fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism.

    It is only after fertilization is accomplished that a new cell-kernel arises in this cytod, which thus becomes the parent-cell (Cytula )

    1874, Ernst Haeckel, The Evolution of Man

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκύτος“hollow vessel”
  2. Englishcytula

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”).

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