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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flattened, disklike region of cells from which the embryo begins to develop in the fertilized ovum of many vertebrate species.
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- noun biology a small
circular white spot on the surface of theyolk of anegg
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