fætus

A form of fetus — An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

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Meanings

nounfætus (plural fætuses)

plural fætuses

  1. hypercorrectobsoleteObsolete spelling of fetus.

    A way Of preſerving Birds taken out of the Egge, and other ſmall Fætus’s; communicated by Mr. Boyle.

    1666, Philosophical Transactions, Num. 12
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