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Meroblast
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Meroblast, n. [Gr. me`ros part + -blast.].
An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion and an albuminous or nutritive one; -- opposed to holoblast . [1913 Webster]
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