Word
conceptus, n.
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
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
embryotic
embryonic
embryonal
embryonic
semantic pointers
hypernym
animal, creature, beast, animate being, brute, fauna
hyponym
blastula, blastosphere
gastrula
morula
part meronym
umbilical cord, umbilical