noun embryo An unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development. 1
noun embryo mammal: early foetus 1
noun embryo bird: fertilized egg 1
noun embryo idea, etc.: early form 1
noun embryo In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus. 0
noun embryo An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis. 0
noun embryo In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body. 0
noun embryo In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body. 0
noun embryo (botany) A rudimentary plant contained in the seed. 0
noun embryo The beginning; the first stage of anything. 0
countable noun embryo An embryo is an unborn animal or human being in the very early stages of development. 0
adjective embryo An embryo idea, system, or organization is in the very early stages of development, but is expected to grow stronger. 0
noun embryo an animal in the early stages of development following cleavage of the zygote and ending at birth or hatching 0
noun embryo the human product of conception up to approximately the end of the second month of pregnancy 0
noun embryo a plant in the early stages of development: in higher plants, the plumule, cotyledons, and radicle within the seed 0
noun embryo an undeveloped or rudimentary state (esp in the phrase in embryo) 0
noun embryo something in an early stage of development 0
noun embryo an animal in the earliest stages of its development in the uterus or the egg, specif., in humans, from conception to about the eighth week 0
noun embryo an early or undeveloped stage of something 0
noun embryo anything in such a stage 0
noun embryo the rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually made up of hypocotyl, radicle, plumule, and cotyledons 0
