| NOUN | animal | fertilized egg, embryo, conceptus | 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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| 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 | embryo, conceptus | |
| Parts | umbilical cord, umbilical | membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta |
| Narrower | blastula, blastosphere | Early stage / stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum |
| 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 |
| Spanish | embrión | |
| Catalan | embrió | |
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