[spiral cleavage] n (1892): holoblastic cleavage that is typical of protostomes and that is characterized by arrangement of the blastomeres of each upper tier over the cell junctions of the next lower tier so that the blastomeres spiral around the pole to pole axis of the embryo--compare radial cleavage
SPIRAL CLEAVAGE
Meaning of SPIRAL CLEAVAGE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012