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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fetus \Fe"tus\, n.; pl {Fetuses}. [L. fetus, foetus, a bringing
forth, brood, offspring, young ones, cf fetus fruitful,
fructified, that is or was filled with young; akin to E. fawn
a deer, fecundity, felicity, feminine, female, and prob. to
do or according to others to be.]
The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg;
often restricted to the later stages in the development of
viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the
earlier stages. [Written also {f[oe]tus}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fetus
n : an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of
development showing the main recognizable features of the
mature animal [syn: {foetus}]
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