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macro·mere (mak′rō mir′)

noun

one of the large cells produced by unequal cell division during the early embryologic development of many animals, as mollusks

Etymology: macro- + -mere

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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