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embryos Definition


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embryo
noun embryos
    1. In animals: the developing young organism until hatching or birth.
    2. In humans: the developing young organism during the first seven weeks after conception (compare fetus).
    3. A plant in its earliest stages of development between fertilization and germination.
    4. Anything in its earliest stages.
      Thesaurus: root, germ, beginning, rudiment.
Etymology: 16c: from Greek embryon, from bryein to swell.



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