animal pole

English

Etymology

From animal (adjective) +‎ pole (“extremity of an axis”).[1]

Noun

animal pole (plural animal poles)

(embryology) The hemisphere of the blastula which eventually gives rise to the three germ layers and is composed of small cells that are in a state of rapid division.
Coordinate term: vegetal pole

Translations

hemisphere of the blastula which eventually gives rise to the three germ layers

Irish: pol ainmhíoch m
Portuguese: polo animal m

References

“animal pole, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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