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    7 days ago

    “Embryo” still implies fertilization - in casual use, it’s a broad term, but you wouldn’t use it of an unfertilized egg cell.

    I don’t think most people would think of the egg itself as a chicken even if fertilized. The zygote inside the egg becomes the chicken, not the egg itself.