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Answer for the clue "The outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm ", 8 letters:
gastrula

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Planula \Plan"u*la\, n.; pl. Planul[ae] . [L., a little plane.] (Biol.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context embryology English) A stage in the development of embryos of most animals consisting of a two-layered sac of ectoderm and endoderm.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm [also: gastrulae (pl)]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1877, Modern Latin, from Greek gaster (genitive gastros ) "stomach" (see gastric ) + Latin -ula , diminutive suffix. Related: Gastrulation .