ECTOBLAST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue

Synonyms:

ectoblast; ectoderm; exoderm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ectoblast" is a kind of...):

germ layer ((embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ectoblast"):

neural tube (a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop)

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