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Embryo

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
conceptusfertilized egg
plural
Embryos
possessive
Embryo's
pluralpossessive
Embryos'