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diploblastic

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

First recorded in 1880–85; diplo- + -blast + -ic
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Historical Examples

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

    The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)

    Francis Maitland Balfour

British Dictionary definitions for diploblastic

diploblastic

adjective
  1. (of jellyfish, corals, and other coelenterates) having a body developed from only two germ layers (ectoderm and endoderm)Compare triploblastic
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diploblastic in Medicine

diploblastic

(dĭp′lō-blăs′tĭk)
adj.
  1. Derived from two embryonic germ layers, the ectoderm and the endoderm. Used of invertebrates such as sponges and coelenterates.
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