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foetus

[ fee-tuhs ]

noun

, Chiefly British.
, plural foe·tus·es.


foetus

/ ˈfiːtəs /

noun

  1. See fetus
    a variant spelling of fetus


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Example Sentences

And after the Muni had gone away, the foetus began to grow for seven years.

On the relative weights of the right and left sides of the body in the foetus.

I have included the down on the human body and the lanugo on the foetus as a rudimentary representation of a hairy coat.

Another question of considerable moment relating to generation is from which parent are the first rudiments of the foetus derived.

The Turks do not regard a foetus as being really alive until after the fifth month, and have no scruple in causing its abortion.

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