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Noun: fertilised egg
Usage: Brit (=fertilized egg)
  1. An animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into foetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
    - embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg

Derived forms: fertilised eggs

Type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna