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blastula vs embryo

embryo vs blastula

blastula and embryo both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
blastula Yes No No No
embryo Yes No No No
As nouns, embryo is a hypernym of blastula; that is, embryo is a word with a broader meaning than blastula:
  • 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 occurs
  • embryo: 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 life
Other hypernyms of blastula include conceptus, fertilized egg.
blastula (noun) embryo (noun)
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 occurs 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 life
(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
Difference between blastula and embryo

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