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amphiblastic

British  
/ ˌæmfɪˈblæstɪk /

adjective

  1. (of animal ova) showing complete but unequal cleavage after fertilization

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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All these amphiblastic vertebrates, Petromyzon and Cestracion, Accipenser and Ceratodus, and also the salamanders and batrachia, belong to the old, conservative groups of our stem.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

While the amphiblastic ova of the latter are small and develop like those of the amphibia, the cucumber-shaped ova of the hag are about an inch long, and form a discoid gastrula.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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