Somatopleure

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Somatopleure \So"ma*to*pleure\, n. [Gr. sw^ma, sw`matos, body +
     pleyra` side.] (Anat.)
     The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into which
     the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the
     notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the
     amnion are developed. See {Splanchnopleure}.


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