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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 gas·tru·la /ˈgæstrələ/
 胚囊,腸胚

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 gas·tru·la /ˈgæstrələ/ 名詞
 原腸胚

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gas·tru·la n.; pl. Gastrulæ  Biol. An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastræa. -- a. Of or pertaining to a gastrula.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 gastrula
      n : double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from
          invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is
          the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the
          mesoderm and endoderm
      [also: gastrulae (pl)]