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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMBRYONATE; EMBRYONATED

EMBRYONATE; EMBRYONATED Em "bry *o *nate, Em "bry *o *na `ted, a. (Biol.)

 

Defn: In the state of, or having, an embryonal.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

embryonate

em bry o nate |ˈembrēəˌnāt ˈɛmbriəneɪt | ▶adjective (of an egg ) containing an embryo. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (usu. as adj. embryonated ) (of an egg ) develop into an embryo: embryonated duck eggs | the eggs were allowed two weeks to embryonate.

 

Oxford Dictionary

embryonated

embryonated |ˈɛmbrɪəneɪtɪd | ▶adjective technical (of an egg ) having developed into an embryo.