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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. [bd]The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo.[b8] --Swift. |