Meanings
adjectiveembryonate (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving an embryo.
an embryonate plant
verbembryonate (third-person singular simple present embryonates, present participle embryonating, simple past and past participle embryonated)
present singular third person embryonates · participle present embryonating · participle past embryonated · past embryonated
- To produce, or to differentiate into an embryo
The eggs embryonate, but the larvae die before hatching ( b ).
2015 August 19, Christian Heim et al., “Inhibition of Haemonchus contortus larval development by fungal lectins”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI
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