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

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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