colliquament

English

Etymology

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Noun

colliquament (plural colliquaments)

1. The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
   • 1659, Walter Charleton, Natural History of Nutrition, Life, and Voluntary Motion:

     out of the Colliquament, or White, made more thin and fluid, the Chick is generated

References

• “colliquament”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.