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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gas•tru•la (gas′trŏŏ lə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -las, -lae (-lē′).USA pronunciation [Embryol.]- Developmental Biologya metazoan embryo in an early state of germ layer formation following the blastula stage, consisting of a cuplike body of two layers of cells, the ectoderm and endoderm, enclosing a central cavity, or archenteron, that opens to the outside by the blastopore: in most animals progressing to the formation of a third cell layer, the mesoderm.
- Neo-Latin; see gastro-, -ule
- 1875–80
gas′tru•lar, adj. |