entomere

English

Etymology

From ento- +‎ -mere.

Noun

entomere (plural entomeres)

1. (biology) One of the more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, such as those of mammals.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “entomere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• mentoree