fertilized egg

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsembryoconceptus

   Broaderanimal

   Narrowerblastulagastrulamorula

   Partsumbilical cord

Questions about fertilized egg

What does fertilized egg mean?

fertilized egg means "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".

What is another word for fertilized egg?

Close synonyms include embryo, conceptus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fertilized egg a common word?

fertilized egg is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.