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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gastrulation \Gas`tru*la"tion\ (g[a^]s`tr[.u]*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. (Biol.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gastrulation n 1: the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells