Found 2 items, similar to ectoderm.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ectoderm ectoderm n : the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue [syn: exoderm, ectoblast]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ectoderm Ectoderm \Ec"to*derm\, n. [Ecto- + -derm.] (Biol.) (a) The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast. (b) The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.