English > embryo: 2 senses > noun 2, animal| Meaning | An animal organism in the early stages / stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life. |
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| Synonyms | conceptus, fertilized egg |
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| Parts | umbilical cord, umbilical | membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta |
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| Narrower | blastula, blastosphere | Early stage / stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum |
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| gastrula | Double-walled stage / stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula |
| morula | A solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits |
| Broader | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
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| Spanish | embrión |
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| Catalan | embrió |
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| Adjectives | embryonic, embryotic | in an early stage of development |
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| embryonic, embryonal | of an organism prior to birth or hatching |
