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blastophores

blastophores is the plural of blastophore.

Meaning of blastophore

Noun

blastophore (plural blastophores)

  1. (obsolete) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
    • It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."1880, Journal of Microscopy, volume 3
    Synonyms:
    vitellus

Questions about blastophores

What is blastophores the plural of?
Blastophores is the plural of blastophore.

Words near blastophores in the dictionary

  1. blastomylonite
  2. blastomylonites
  3. blastomylonitic
  4. blastophoral
  5. blastophore
  6. blastophores
  7. blastophoric
  8. blastophthoria
  9. blastophyly
  10. blastoporal
  11. blastopore

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