conceptus
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 • Syn: embryo, fertilized egg • Derivationally related forms: embryonal (for: embryo), embryotic (for: embryo), embryonic (for: embryo) • Hypernyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna • Hyponyms: blastula, blastosphere, gastrula, morula • Part Meronyms: umbilical cord, umbilical
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