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adjective-and-noun. See embryo.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The earlier form of embryo.
n. [capitalized] [NL.] In entomology, a genus of leafbeetles, of the family Chrysomelidæ, with one species, E. griseovillosum, of Brazil.
Embryonic; rudimental; crude; not fully developed.
Word Usage
"The affection of the unexperienced and untaught bird to its egg, which induces it to sit days and weeks upon it to warm the enclosed embryon, is a matter of great difficulty to explain; See Additional"