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blastula vs fertilized egg

fertilized egg vs blastula

blastula and fertilized egg both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
blastula Yes No No No
fertilized egg Yes No No No
As nouns, fertilized egg is a hypernym of blastula; that is, fertilized egg 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
  • 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 life
Other hypernyms of blastula include conceptus, embryo.
blastula (noun) fertilized egg (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
Difference between blastula and fertilized egg

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