blastosphere

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There is no open invagination of an archenteron in the fowl, as in the frog--, the gastrula, like the blastosphere, stage is also masked.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

If we compare this with the typical blastosphere of the lower type, we see that it is, as it were, flattened out on the yolk.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

In this process a portion of the blastosphere wall is the tucked into the rest, as indicated by the arrow, so that a two-layered sack is formed.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

A limit is set to increase in the size of a blastosphere by the nature of the material of its walls.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar

The central part of the blastosphere is called the segmentation cavity or blastocoel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various