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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Meroblastic \Mer`o*blas"tic\, a. (Biol.) Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic. [1913 Webster]