triploblastic

[ trip-loh-blas-tik ]

adjective

, Zoology.

1. having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.

triploblastic

/ ˌtrɪpləʊˈblæstɪk /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of triploblastic¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of triploblastic¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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