fetus
An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animalAn unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
» A fetus is not a baby.
Ембріон - це не дитина.
Meaning
3 senses(Australia, Canada, US, also)An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
Fötus
плодplod, заро́дышzaródyš, эмбрио́нembrión
плідplid, заро́докzaródok, ембріо́нembrión
an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
(Australia, Canada, US, also)A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.
The sequence is: molecules in reproductive systems, then gametes, zygotes, morulas, blastocysts, and then fetuses.
(Australia, Canada, US, also, archaic)A neonate.
Examples
23 sentencesA fetus is not a baby.
Ембріон - це не дитина.
A fetus is not a person.
Gustavo took a look at the fetuses.
Gustavo gave the fetus a proper burial.
Living people are more important than fetuses.
Translations
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Origin
A learned borrowing from Latin fētus (“offspring”). Doublet of fawn.A learned borrowing from Latin fētus (“offspring”). Doublet of fawn.
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Forms
plural: fetuses / feti / fetiiSynonyms
1 synonyms- an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal:foetus
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular