Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ectoderm

Ectoderm , noun

[Ecto- + -derm.]

(a)
(Biology) The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast.
(b)
(Biology) The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.