- dorsal lip
- noun Date: 1924 the margin of the fold of blastula wall that delineates the dorsal limit of the blastopore, constitutes the primary organizer, and forms the point of origin of chordamesoderm
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
dorsal lip
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