amphiblastula

noun

am·​phi·​blas·​tu·​la

¦amfə̇-

plural amphiblastulae

: a free-swimming larva of certain sponges that is essentially a blastula with small flagellated cells in one hemisphere and large nonflagellated cells in the other

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from amphi- + blastula

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

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