fetus

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsfoetus

   Broadervertebrate

   Narrowermonsterabortusbaby

   Partsductus arteriosusumbilical cord

Other forms of fetus

plural

fetuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fetus

What does fetus mean?

fetus means "an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal".

How many syllables are in fetus?

fetus has 2 syllables: fe-tus. The stress falls on "fe". In IPA it is /ˈfitəs/.

What is another word for fetus?

Close synonyms include foetus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fetus a common word?

fetus is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.