Meroblast

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

  Mero de lo alto \Me"ro de lo al"to\, and a species called also
     {rock hind}, distinguished as Mero cabrolla \Me"ro
  ca*brol"la\.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Meroblast \Mer"o*blast\, n. [Gr. me`ros
     part + -blast.] (Biol.)
     An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of


     germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal
     portion and an albuminous or nutritive one; -- opposed to
     {holoblast}.
     [1913 Webster]