foetus

Other forms: foetuses

Definitions of foetus

1. noun

   an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
   synonyms: fetus

   types:

   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

   type 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