triploblastic

[ trip-loh-blas-tik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Zoology.

triploblastic

/ ˌtrɪpləʊˈblæstɪk /

See diploblastic
(of all multicellular animals except coelenterates) having a body developed from all three germ layers Compare diploblastic

1885–90; < Greek tripló ( os ) threefold + blastikós budding. See tri-, -fold, -blast, -ic

C19: from triplo- threefold (from Greek triploos ) + -blast

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A diploblastic condition of the organism preceded, as we have seen, the triploblastic.

Very little is known with reference to the origin of the generative cells in the triploblastic Invertebrata.

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