embryo, n.
(embryos)
(embryos)
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
<noun.animal>
conceptus embryo fertilized egg
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hyponym
part meronym
(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
<noun.plant>
embryo