embryo

noun

1. 1

   In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

2. 2

   An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.

3. 3

   In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body

4. 4

   In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body

5. 5

   A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.

6. 6

   The beginning; the first stage of anything.