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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The portion of an egg that is opposite the animal pole and that contains most of the yolk.
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- noun embryology The hemisphere of the
blastula opposite to theanimal pole comprising of large yolk cells dividing at a slower rate that eventually differentiate into the extraembryonic membranes.
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