Fertilized egg

/fˈɜːtɪlˌaɪzd ˈɛɡ/

/fˈɜːɾɪlˌaɪzd ˈɛɡ/

Fertilized egg

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

embryo

Examples

1. ES cell has as much plasticity, as much flexibility, as a fertilized egg.

2. While mating, the male toad embeds fertilized eggs into a thin layer of skin on the female toad's back.

3. The fertilized egg becomes the female worker bees.

4. It was a fertilized egg too.

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