engendro

Definitions of engendro
  1. noun
    an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
    synonyms: feto, vientre
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    type of:
    vertebrado
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
  2. noun
    a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
    synonyms: aborto, adefesio, anomalía, estrafalario, fanático, fenómeno, monstruo, monstruosidad
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    types:
    leviatán
    the largest or most massive thing of its kind
    type of:
    mutación, mutante
    (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
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