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Embryo

noun

(pl. embryos)

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

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, fertilized egg.

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... ruin him. He loved to sacrifice his own comfort to that of others and found his greatest pleasure in making others happy. He and Frank are the unconscious exemplars of the boat club—the "men of character and influence" in their embryo world. ...

— All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake - A Sequel to "The Boat Club" • Oliver Optic

... I was born out of my mother, generations guided me; My embryo has never been torpid—nothing could overlay it, For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long low strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance, Monstrous sauroids transported it in their mouths, and deposited it with care; All forces have been steadily employ'd to complete ...

— Birds and Poets • John Burroughs

... These actions of theirs were of course more or less like those of any nation which has not accepted terms of peace, but further they destroyed all the males among their captives, not only those who were apparent but also the embryo ones in the wombs of women, the sex of which they discovered by some divination. For these reasons Augustus first sent Drusus against them: he joined battle with a detachment of theirs that met him near the Tridentine mountains, ...

— Dio's Rome, Vol. 4 • Cassius Dio

... and philosophies teach that this state of consciousness, is possible to all men; therefore all men are gods in embryo. ...

— Cosmic Consciousness • Ali Nomad

... Parliament and embryo members present at the 1877 Convention, I should say a word of Tim Healy, by which name he is most frequently known, who, since then, has been on many occasions one of the most ...

— The Life Story of an Old Rebel • John Denvir

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