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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOETUS. [See Fetus.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal [syn: fetus, foetus]

Merriam Webster's

chiefly British variant of fetus

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (US fetus) an unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal esp. a human one more than eight weeks after conception. Derivatives: foetal adj. foeticide n. Etymology: ME f. L fetus offspring

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fetus Fe"tus, n.; pl. Fetuses. [L. fetus, foetus, a bringing forth, brood, offspring, young ones, cf. fetus fruitful, fructified, that is or was filled with young; akin to E. fawn a deer, fecundity, felicity, feminine, female, and prob. to do, or according to others, to be.] The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages. [Written also f[oe]tus.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Foetus F[oe]"tus, n. Same as Fetus.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also fetus(foetuses) A foetus is an animal or human being in its later stages of development before it is born. N-COUNT