embryo - Similar and Opposite Words

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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

Synonyms

• conceptus
• embryo
• fertilized egg

More generic

• animal
• animate being
• beast
• brute
• creature
• fauna

More specific

• blastosphere
• blastula
• gastrula
• morula

Related

• umbilical
• umbilical cord

Noun

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

Synonyms

• embryo

More generic

• flora
• plant
• plant life

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