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noun
The outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: exoderm, ectoblast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: germ layer
Narrower terms: neural tube
History
From ecto- + -derm.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
