Planula
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ˈplæn.jʊ.lə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Planula is a noun meaning (zoology) The larva of a hydrozoan, which is free-swimming and covered in cilia.
Meaning
(zoology) The larva of a hydrozoan, which is free-swimming and covered in cilia.
More Meanings
- (biology) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula.
Word Forms
- planulae
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include morula, blastula, pharyngula, blastule, planulation, placode.
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