[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ectoderm \ec"toderm\, n. ecto- + -derm. biol.
   a the outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.
   b the external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant,
       this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. see
       illust. of blastoderm. ectodermal
see also:
blastoderm 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ectoderm
     n : the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous
         tissue syn: exoderm, ectoblast
see also:
exoderm ectoblast 

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