An unborn or newly born human being; a fetus, an infant.
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| 释义 | the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > [noun] (45) childOE An unborn or newly born human being; a fetus, an infant. birtha1325 An unborn child; a fetus. Obsolete. fruit of the loinsa1340 Offspring, progeny. Also, an embryo, fœtus. Originally a Hebraism. Now rare, except in Biblical phraseology. More fully fruit of the body, fruit of… conceptiona1398 That which is conceived in the womb; an embryo, fetus; a child, offspring. Also figurative. Obsolete. fetusa1398 Originally: the offspring of a human or other animal during its development within the uterus or egg. In later use: spec. the developing offspring… embryona1400 = embryo, n. 1a. feture1540 concrete. spec. A fetus or embryo. embryo1576 The unborn human offspring, esp. during the early stages of development. Cf. conceptus, n., fetus, n. womb-infant1611 an unborn baby, a fetus. Hans-in-kelder1640 an unborn child. Obsolete. geniture1672 An embryo (of an animal or plant) or conceptus. Obsolete. rare. shapeling1674 A small form or embryo. pudding1937 slang. An unborn baby, a fetus. to have a pudding in the oven (and variants): to be pregnant. Cf. bun, n.2 a. a bun in the oven1951 A sort of cake: the use differs greatly in different localities, but the word generally denotes in England a sweet cake (usually round) not too… preborn1980 With the: fetuses as a class (with plural agreement). Also as a count noun: a fetus. Subcategories:— formation of (3) — state of (1) — at specific stage (6) — blastula (5) — gastrula, etc. (6) — larger of unequal conjoined twins (1) — free-swimming (1) — types of at specific stage (4) — produced by fusion of two (1) — animal embryo (2) |
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