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Noun: cleavage cavity  'klee-vij'ka-vu-tee
  1. The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
    "The cleavage cavity expanded as the embryo developed";
    - blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity

Derived forms: cleavage cavities

Type of: bodily cavity, cavity, cavum

Part of: blastosphere, blastula

Encyclopedia: Cleavage cavity