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Conceived this while removing dire embroidery (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

embryo

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'conceived this while removing dire embroidery' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for embryo that I've seen before include "Future" , "Sometimes the result of an accident" , "Early form of unborn baby" , "Conceptus" , "Primitive state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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