embryo
- Noun. In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a foetus.
- Noun. An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
- Noun. In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body.
- Noun. In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body.
- Noun. (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
- Noun. The beginning; the first stage of anything.
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