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conceptus

con·cep·tus

uncommon

noun

1.

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

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From Latin cōncipiō (“to take hold of, to receive”), from Latin capiō (“to capture”).

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