EMBRYONIC TISSUE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tissue in an embryo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("embryonic tissue" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

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

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

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