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    ECTOBLAST

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissueplay

    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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