The noun NINJA has 2 senses: 1. a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu. 2. a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations.
zygoma (zÄ«gÅÂ´mÉ), n 1. a long, slender process of the temporal bone, arising from the lower part of the squamous portion of the temporal bone and passing forward horizontally to join with the malar or zygomatic bone. 2. the zygomatic or malar bone that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Quick Answer. A zygote is the first stage of prenatal development and is just a group of non-differentiated cells. An embryo is much larger and its cells begin to differentiate. The zygote phase is directly followed by the embryo stage. Continue Reading.