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noun
The fetus or embryo, including all the surrounding tissues protecting and nourishing it during pregnancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: embryo, fertilized egg
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Narrower terms: blastula, blastosphere, gastrula, morula
History
From Latin cōncipiō (“to take hold of, to receive”), from Latin capiō (“to capture”).
