embryo
Pronunciation:
/ˈɛmbɹi.əʊ//ˈɛmbɹi.oʊ/noun
Definitions
In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.
In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body
In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body