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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A flattened, disklike region of cells from which the embryo begins to develop in the fertilized ovum of many vertebrate species.

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  • noun biology a small circular white spot on the surface of the yolk of an egg

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