fertilized egg

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fertilized egg - 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 lifeconceptus, embryoanimal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementblastosphere, blastula - early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occursgastrula - double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endodermmorula - a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastulaumbilical, umbilical cord - membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta