somatopleure
noun
so·mato·pleure
sō-ˈma-tə-ˌplu̇r
: a complex fold of tissue in the embryo of a craniate vertebrate consisting of an outer layer of mesoderm together with the ectoderm that sheathes it and giving rise to the amnion and chorion
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