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foetus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun foetus has 1 sense
- foetus(n = noun.animal) fetus - an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal; Array has particulars: monster, teras, abortus, baby
is a kind of craniate, vertebrate
has parts: ductus arteriosus, umbilical, umbilical cord
Derived form adjective foetal1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
foetus, n. (US fetus) an unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal esp. a human one more than eight weeks after conception.
Derivative
foetal adj. foeticide n.
Etymology
ME f. L fetus offspring
ROGET THESAURUS
foetus
Infant
N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.
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