fetus, foetus
(noun) an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fetus (plural fetuses or feti or fetii)
(Australia, Canada, US) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
(Australia, Canada, US) A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.
• The form fetus is preferred in North America and in the scientific community, whereas foetus is still commonly used in Commonwealth nations.
• EF-Tus, UTFSE, fuets
Source: Wiktionary
Fe"tus, n.; pl. Fetuses. Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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 foetus.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
