fetus
- (Australia, Canada, US, also) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
- (Australia, Canada, US, also) A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.
- (Australia, Canada, US, also, archaic) A neonate.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfiːtəs/
Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin fētus (“offspring”). Doublet of fawn.
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