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foetus

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  • IPA /ˈfiːtəs/

Noun

foetus noun

  1. An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
  2. A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.“The sequence is: molecules in reproductive systems, then gametes, zygotes, morulas, blastocysts, and then fetuses.”

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