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Definition: HOLOBLASTIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Definition: HOLOBLASTIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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