tachyblastic

English

Etymology

tachy- +‎ -blastic

Adjective

tachyblastic (not comparable)

1. (biology) Starting to develop immediately.
   • 1949, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, page 7:

     Little variation could be found in the size of the tachyblastic eggs produced by the members of any one clone, but some variation may occur from one clone to another.

   • Ellsworth C. Dougherty, The Lower Metazoa (page 474)

     In growing cultures most gastrotrichs produce only tachyblastic eggs.

   • 2010, James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich, Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, page 167:

     Opsiblastic eggs are thick-shelled, a little larger than tachyblastic eggs, and are very resistant to freezing and drying.