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Definition: DISCOBLASTIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Discoblastic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Discoblastic \Dis`co*blas"tic\, adjective. [Greek expression disk to grow.]. (references)

Definition: DISCOBLASTIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DISCOBLASTIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Discoblastic \Dis`co*blas"tic\, adjective. [Greek expression disk to grow.]. (references)