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Noun: foetus  fee-tus
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=fetus)
  1. An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
    "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"
    - fetus

Derived forms: foetuses

See also: foetal [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: craniate, vertebrate

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