English Dictionary: Gastrula | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Gastrula | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Stomapoda \[d8]Sto*map"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Stoma}, and {-poda}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also {Gastrula}, {Stomatopoda}, and {Squilloidea}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Planula \[d8]Plan"u*la\, n.; pl. {Planul[91]}. [L., a little plane.] 1. (Biol.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with {gastrula}. |