Embryon

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Embryonic. archaic

    "[F]our Champions fierce / Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring / Thir embryon Atoms […]."

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of embryo. alt-of, archaic

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “newborn animal, embryo”).

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “newborn animal, embryo”).

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