See Also: tegu(dictionary)

embryoid (iou) and tegu (iou)


embryoid (iou)



embryoid adjective & noun. M20.
[from EMBRYO + -OID.]
A. adjective. Resembling an embryo. Chiefly in embryoid body below. M20.
embryoid body an aggregate of cells resembling an embryo, which develops when certain mouse tumours are injected into the peritoneal cavity of a mouse or grown in culture.
b. noun. An embryonic plant developed in a culture medium from a single cell. M20.

tegu (iou)



tegu noun. M20.
[Abbreviation of mod. Latin teguixin: see TEGUEXIN.]
Any of several large Central and S. American lizards of the family Teiidae; esp. (more fully common tegu) Tupinambis teguixin, which feeds on small vertebrates etc.