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ECTODERM

Dictionary entry overview: What does ectoderm mean?

• ECTODERM (noun)
The noun ECTODERM has 1 sense:

1. the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue

Familiarity information: ECTODERM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ECTODERM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ectoblast; ectoderm; exoderm

Hypernyms ("ectoderm" 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 "ectoderm"):

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

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