diploblastic

[dip-luh-blas-tik]

dip·lo·blas·tic

[dip-luh-blas-tik]
adjective
having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.

Origin:
1880–85; diplo- + -blast + -ic
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diploblastic (ˌdɪpləʊˈblæstɪk)
 
adj
Compare triploblastic (of jellyfish, corals, and other coelenterates) having a body developed from only two germ layers (ectoderm and endoderm)

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diploblastic dip·lo·blas·tic (dĭp'lō-blās'tĭk)
adj.
Derived from two embryonic germ layers, the ectoderm and the endoderm. Used of invertebrates such as sponges and coelenterates.

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