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Fetus

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Noun

1. fetus, foetus

an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

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Fetus

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noun plural -tuses
the embryo of a mammal in the later stages of development, when it shows all the main recognizable features of the mature animal, esp a human embryo from the end of the second month of pregnancy until birth
Compare embryo (sense 2)

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Fetus

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nounWord forms: plural ˈfetuses
an unborn offspring of a vertebrate animal that is still in the uterus or egg, esp. in its later stages and specif., in humans, from about the eighth week after conception until birth
see also embryo

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Fetus

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n. pl. fe·tus·es
1. The unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate having a basic structural resemblance to the adult animal.
2. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after conception to the moment of birth, as distinguished from the earlier embryo.

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