stereoblastula

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noun

A blastula without a clear central cavity.

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Meanings

nounstereoblastula (plural stereoblastulas or stereoblastulae)

plural stereoblastulas · plural stereoblastulae

  1. A blastula without a clear central cavity.

    Eggs can either be very yolky and produce stereoblastulae or have little to no yolk and produce coeloblastulae.

    2008, Tracey Irene Smart, Reproductive and Larval Biology of the Northeastern Pacific Polychaete Owenia collaris (Family Oweniidae) in Coos Bay, OR (page 8)

Origin

From stereo- + blastula.

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APA

stereoblastula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stereoblastula

MLA

“stereoblastula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stereoblastula. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stereoblastula,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stereoblastula.

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