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FOETUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
Synonyms:
fetus; foetus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("foetus" is a kind of...):
craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
Meronyms (parts of "foetus"):
ductus arteriosus (a blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta; normally closes at birth)
umbilical; umbilical cord (membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foetus"):
monster; teras ((medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus)
abortus (a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body)
baby (an unborn child; a human fetus)
Derivation:
foetal (of or relating to a fetus)
