triploblastic

American

[trip-loh-blas-tik] / ˌtrɪp loʊˈblæs tɪk /

adjective

Zoology.

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

triploblastic British

/ ˌtrɪpləʊˈblæstɪk /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of triploblastic

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

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These two forms at least indicate a possible stepping-stone from Ctenophora to 594 Turbellaria, that is to say, from diploblastic to triploblastic Metazoa.

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