Fē'tus, n.

n.; pl. FĒ'TUS-ES. [Lat. fœtus, fētus, a bringing forth, brood, offspring, young ones; fētus, -a, -um, fructified, that is or was filled with young, p. p. of the obsolete feo, to fructify.] The young of viviparous animals in the womb, and of oviparous animals in the egg, after it is perfectly formed, before which time it is called embryo.