entomere

Entomere

En"to*mere\, n. [Ento- + -mere.] (Biol.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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