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2 definitions found 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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