GYNECOMAST: a male with the breasts (masta) of a woman (gyne).
HEPATIC: pertaining to the liver (hepar).
HOLOBLASTIC: embryos in which the animal and vegetal cells divide equally (holon = whole).
HYPERMASTISM: the possession of more than the normal breasts (masta).
HYPOBRANCHIAL: underneath (hypo) the gills.
HYPOPHYSIS: sensitive-offshoot from the brain in the vertebrate.
HYPOSOMA: see SOMA.
LECITH-: pertaining to the yelk (lecithus); hence:—
Centrolecithal: eggs with the yelk in the centre.
Lecithoma: the yelk-sac.
Telolecithal: eggs with the yelk at one end.
MEROBLASTIC: cleaving in part (meron) only.
META-: (in compounds) the "after" or secondary stage; hence:—
Metagaster: the secondary or permanent gut (gaster).
Metaplasm: secondary or differentiated plasm.
Metastoma: the secondary or permanent mouth (stoma).
Metazoa: the higher or later animals, made up of many cells.
Metovum: the mature or advanced ovum.