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ectoderm |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ectoderm \Ec"to*derm\, n. [Ecto- + -derm.] (Biol.) a The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast. b The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of {Blastoderm}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ectoderm n : the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue [syn: {ectoblast}]
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