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embryo
noun
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…
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ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ
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noun
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
noun
(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
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