Fetus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate having a basic structural resemblance to the adult animal.
  • n. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
  • n. A human embryo after the 8th week of gestation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The young or embryo of a vertebrate animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals. showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal, embryo being applied to the earlier stages.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The young of viviparous animals in the womb, and of oviparous animals in the egg; the embryo in the later stage of development. see embryo. Also spelled fœus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
    • Antonym
    embryo   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    craniate    vertebrate   
    Cross Reference
    mammary fetus    fetus papyraceus    embryo   
    Hyponym
    monster    abortus    teras    baby   
    Form
    fetal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    embryo   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cetus    Milpitas    Thetis    margaritas    treatise   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fetuses    foetus    embryo    newborns    infant    pregnancy   
     
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