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gastrula

/ˈɡæstɹələ/

gastrula noun: a stage in the development of embryos of most animals consisting of a three-layered sac of ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.

Noun

gastrula (plural gastrulas or gastrulae)

  1. A stage in the development of embryos of most animals consisting of a three-layered sac of ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.

gastrula meaning in Tamil

gastrula in Tamil

முப்படைக்கோளம், முப்படைகருக்கோளம்

Forms of gastrula

pluralgastrulas
pluralgastrulae

Origin of gastrula

From German Gastrula, coined by Ernst Haeckel in his 1872 work "Biology of Calcareous Sponges". From gastr- (from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + Latin -ula.

Words formed from gastrula

Questions about gastrula

What does gastrula mean?
Gastrula means a stage in the development of embryos of most animals consisting of a three-layered sac of ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.
What is gastrula in Tamil?
Gastrula in Tamil is முப்படைக்கோளம், முப்படைகருக்கோளம். See Gastrula meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gastrula?
Gastrula is a noun.
How do you pronounce gastrula?
Gastrula is pronounced /ˈɡæstɹələ/.
What is the plural of gastrula?
The plural of gastrula is gastrulas.

Words near gastrula in the dictionary

  1. gastrovascular cavity
  2. gastroxynsis
  3. gastrozoid
  4. gastrozooid
  5. gastrozooids
  6. gastrula
  7. gastrulae
  8. gastrular
  9. gastrulas
  10. gastrulate
  11. gastrulated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gastrula (page history and authors); gastrula (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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