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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
foetus/ˈfiːtəs/

▶noun variant spelling of fetus (chiefly in British non-technical use).

– derivatives
foetal adjective,
foeticide noun.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fetus /ˈfiːtəs/ (Brit. (in non-technical use) also foetus)

▶noun (pl. fetuses) an unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human more than eight weeks after conception.

– origin ME: from L. fetus ‘pregnancy, childbirth, offspring’.

'foetus' also found in these Oxford entries:

fetus - superfetation

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