Blastophore

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them. obsolete

    "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.""

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vitellus

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"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.""

Etymology

From blasto- + -phore.

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