All ectoderm synonyms

noun ectoderm

• leather — the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
• wool — the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
• fur — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
• skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
• fleece — the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
• shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• pelt — to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
• crust — The crust on a loaf of bread is the outside part.
• husk — the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
• scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
• membrane — Anatomy. a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc.
• rind — a piece of iron running across an upper millstone as a support.
• integument — a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.
• pellicle — a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
• felt — simple past tense and past participle of feel.
• pelage — the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
• peltry — fur skins; pelts collectively.
• scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.