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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Embryo \Em"bry*o\, n.; pl {Embryos}. [F. embryon, Gr 'e`mbryon, perh. fr ? in (akin to L. ? E. in) + ? to be full of swell with perh. akin to E. brew.] (Biol.) The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant; as: a The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see {Fetus}). b The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination. {In embryo}, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. ``The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo.'' --Swift.
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