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Ectomere

Ectomere \Ec"to*mere\, n. [Ecto- + -mere.] (Biol.) The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

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ectomere

n. Any of the blastomeres from which the ectoderm forms