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embryo
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embryo
(noun)
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embryo
/
ˈ
ɛmbriˌoʊ/
noun
plural
embryos
embryo
/
ˈ
ɛmbriˌoʊ/
noun
plural
embryos
Learner's definition of EMBRYO
[
count
]
:
a human or animal in the early stages of development before it is born, hatched, etc.
—
compare
fetus
in embryo
formal
:
in an early or undeveloped stage
The ideas he explored fully in his later work can be seen
in embryo
in his early books.
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