Adjective
- 1. embryonic, embryologic, embryonal, immature (vs. mature)
- usage: of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development"
- 2. embryonic, embryotic, early (vs. late)
- usage: in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing"
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