cleavages
noun(cleav-age)
the quality of a crystallized substance or rock of splitting along definite planes; also : the occurrence of such splitting
cleavages
noun(cleav-age)
a fragment (as of a diamond) obtained by splitting
cleavages
noun(cleav-age)
the action of cleaving or splitting : the state of being cleft
cleavages
noun(cleav-age)
meroblastic cleavage in which a disk of cells is produced at the animal pole of the zygote (as in bird eggs)