Meroblastic

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

  Meroblastic \Mer`o*blas"tic\, a. (Biol.)
     Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by
     partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a
     portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic
     segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic.
     [1913 Webster]