Blastide

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blastide \Blas"tide\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout, fr. ? to grow.]
     (Biol.)
     A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the
     precursor of the nucleus.
     [1913 Webster]