1 amphiblastula | Definition of amphiblastula

amphiblastula

noun
am·​phi·​blas·​tu·​la | \ ¦amfə̇-\
plural amphiblastulae

Definition of amphiblastula

: a free-swimming larva of certain sponges that is essentially a blastula with small flagellated cells in one hemisphere and large nonflagellated cells in the other

First Known Use of amphiblastula

1875, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for amphiblastula

New Latin, from amphi- + blastula

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