Embryo
Embryo noun - 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.
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Synonyms for Embryo
Infant and embryo are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Infant" instead an adjective "Embryo".
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Such mutations are overwhelmingly silent (cause no change in phenotype), deleterious (cause a reduction, sometimes drastic, in reproductive fitness), or lethal (cause the individual to die as an embryo, fetus, or infant).
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Infant and Embryo. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/embryo/infant
Embryo & Infant. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/embryo/infant>.
Infant or Embryo. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/embryo/infant.
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