gastrulates
/ˈɡæstrəˌleɪts/
verb
- (of an embryo) to undergo gastrulation, the process of forming three germ layers.
- The frog embryo gastrulates about ten hours after fertilization.
- In many animals, the embryo gastrulates by invagination of cells.
- Scientists observed how the zebrafish embryo gastrulates under a microscope.