embryo

/หˆษ›mbษนi.ษ™สŠ/

IPA: /EH1 M B R IY0 OW0/

noun
  1. 1

    In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

  2. 2

    An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.

  3. 3

    In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body

  4. 4

    In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body

  5. 5

    A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.

  6. 6

    The beginning; the first stage of anything.

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