Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A layer or lamina of nervous tissue which may develop into a nerve-tube or nerve-cord.
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Waldeyer.) h horn-plate, n nerve-plate, m skin-fibre-layer, f gut-fibre-layer, d gut-gland-layer, y primitive streak or axial plate, in which all four germinal layers meet, x structure of the chorda, u region of the later primitive kidneys.)
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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