"blastula" in the noun sense
1. blastula, blastosphere
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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