gastrula

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɡæstɹələ/

Definition of gastrula

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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Etymology

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.

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