foetus (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *foetus*:
NOUN	animal	foetus, fetus	an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages / stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

English > *foetus*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages / stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal.
Synonym	fetus
Parts	ductus arteriosus	A blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta
Parts	umbilical cord, umbilical	membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
Narrower	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
	monster, teras	(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
Broader	vertebrate, craniate	animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Spanish	engendro, feto
Catalan	fetus
Adjectives	foetal	of or relating to a fetus

HyperDic: foetus