fetuslike

comparative more fetuslike · superlative most fetuslike

1. Resembling or characteristic of a fetus.

   For the record, "Teletubbies" stars four oversized, non-gendered, fetuslike creatures named Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po.

   1999 February 13, Michael Colton, “I'm sorry, Tinky Winky”, in Salon

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   From the descriptions of the fetuslike aliens -- known, in U.F.O. parlance, as Grays -- to the experiments they performed, the sex was nonstop: men told of anal probes and forced sperm-taking; women, artificial insemination and removal of embryos.

   1994 March 20, Stephen Rae, “John Mack”, in The New York Times

   At the end of “2001,” Kubrick leaves us with the strange, ambiguous image of a glowing fetuslike creature floating over Earth.

   2022 January 9, Tamsin Shaw, “How Social Media Influences Our Behavior, and Vice Versa”, in The New York Times

   Two other conditions can be confused with parasitic twins: fetus-in-fetu and mature teratoma. The first refers to a skin-covered, fetuslike abnormal mass that’s mostly inside the newborn. Mature teratomas are, instead, a type of cancer that may become malignant.

   2023 January 18, Poonam Sachdev, Julian Selemin, “What Are Parasitic Twins?”, in WebMD