embryo

Noun
  1. (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium (synset 111706972)
    referred to in: botany, phytology - the branch of biology that studies plants
    is a type of: flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
  2. 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 (synset 101461483)
    is a type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
    subtypes:
    • blastosphere, blastula - early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs
    • gastrula - double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm
    • morula - a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula
    has: umbilical, umbilical cord - membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
    same as: conceptus, fertilized egg

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