pinacoderm

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Synonyms: placoderm

Antonyms: placoderm

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Noun

1. The [[outermost]] [[layer]] of [[cells]] (''[[pinacocytes]]'') in the [[phylum]] {{taxfmt|Porifera|phylum}} ([[sponges]]), [[equivalent]] to the [[epidermis]], and [[characterized]] as an [[epithelial]] layer of [[flattened]] [[cells]].

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