fetus

Meaning

  1. (Australia, Canada, US, also) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
  2. (Australia, Canada, US, also) A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.
  3. (Australia, Canada, US, also, archaic) A neonate.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfiːtəs/
Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin fētus (“offspring”). Doublet of fawn.

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