"protomorphic" meaning in English

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          "text": "1864-1898, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology\nThat is to say , the contact of this deep - seated tissue with outer agencies, produces in it some approach towards that composition which we find universally characterizes outer - tissue - a protomorphic layer which differentiates in opposite directions."
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        "Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form."
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        "(biology) Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form."
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        "(biology) Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form."
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