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diploblastic

dip·lo·blas·tic [ dìpplō blástik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
from two layers of embryo tissue: used to describe an invertebrate animal in which the adult tissues are derived from just two layers of embryonic germ tissue, namely endoderm and ectoderm. Cnidarians are diploblastic.

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