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triploblastic definition

triplo·blas·tic (trip′lō blas′tik)

adjective

Zool. of or pertaining to the metazoan body structure, except that of cnidarians, with three basic cellular layers, the ectoderm, the endoderm, and the mesoderm

Etymology: < Gr triploos, triple < tri-, tri- + IE *-plo- (see double) + blast- + -ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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