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embryonic

[em-bree-on-ik] / ˌɛm briˈɒn ɪk /


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"In cynodonts, embryonic tissues were never observed before, let alone a neonatal line," said co-author María Miceli Baro, a graduate student at the University of Buenos Aires.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Sometimes called “massives,” these embryonic raves bubbled underground, often in former industrial districts with available, frequently forgotten spaces.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

“It effectively trained a whole series of Cuban business executives on how modern companies work,” Entwistle said, helping create “an embryonic business class that was very, very revolutionary in Cuba at the time.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Paterson and Gower used visual references from porcupines to animal embryonic sacks.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

In biology there is a principle of powerful if imperfect applicability called recapitulation: in our individual embryonic development we retrace the evolutionary history of the species.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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