Fetus
Fetus noun - An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal.
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Synonyms for Fetus
Offspring and fetus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offspring" instead a noun "Fetus".
Nearby Word: fetal
Offspring
Offspring noun - The descendants of a person, animal, or plant.
How words are described
| human | human fetus | human offspring |
| female | female fetus | female offspring |
| normal | normal fetus | normal offspring |
| alien | alien fetus | alien offspring |
| Other adjectives: powerful, healthy, actual, monstrous, evil, young, unholy, twin, malformed, giant, magical, hybrid, mutated, demonic, viable, mutant, cloned. | ||
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In the case of flowering plants, the equivalent would be a human becoming pregnant, then having sex which fertilizes their fetus, and then the fetus gives birth to the offspring.
Source: Bizarre Alien Reproduction -
Fetus Terrible Played straight for Phoebe's child, who was the offspring of a Charmed One turned (temporarily) evil, and the Source of all evil.
Source: Series / Charmed - Note that in continuities where Superman's powers are explicitly derived from prolonged exposure to yellow sunlight, the "kicking fetus" dilemma should be moot, as the offspring wouldn't actually encounter such sunlight until after birth.
Source: Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex
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