embryo (n)
conceptus (n)
fertilized egg (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def an animal organism in the early 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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Hypernym animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Derivationally related form embryo → embryonal
Derivationally related form embryo → embryotic
Derivationally related form embryo → embryonic; embryo → embryonic
Hyponym blastula, blastosphere; gastrula; morula
Part meronym umbilical cord, umbilical
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Derivationally related form embryotic → embryo
Derivationally related form embryonic → embryo; embryonic → embryo
Derivationally related form embryonal → embryo
Hyponym animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Hypernym blastula, blastosphere; gastrula; morula
Part holonym umbilical cord, umbilical

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