embryonic (adj.)

  1. of an organism prior to birth or hatching; in the embryonic stage; embryologic development

    [ Syn: embryologic , embryonal ]

  2. in an early stage of development; the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre; an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing

    [ Syn: embryotic ]

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