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CLEAVAGE CAVITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cleavage cavity mean?
• CLEAVAGE CAVITY (noun)
The noun CLEAVAGE CAVITY has 1 sense:
1. the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Familiarity information: CLEAVAGE CAVITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
blastocele; blastocoel; blastocoele; cleavage cavity; segmentation cavity
Hypernyms ("cleavage cavity" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Holonyms ("cleavage cavity" is a part of...):
blastosphere; blastula (early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs)
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