A germ, embryo, seminal particle.

a cell capable of replicating and (usually) differentiating; spec. = germ cell n. at germ, n. compounds 3.

In senses 3a and (less commonly) 2, as germ cup, germ filament, germ gland, germ mass, germ shield, germ transmission, etc.

†(a) the fertilized ovum (zygote), or a cell immediately derived from this (obsolete); (b) a cell involved in sexual reproduction; an ovum…

(a) = blastomere n. at blasto-, comb._form affix; (b) a mass of rock formed by cleavage.

= blastomere n. at blasto-, comb._form affix.

= blastomere n. at blasto-, comb._form affix.

The germinal area of a mammal.

A small germ; a blastosphere.