foetus

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Called Superfetation, the quirk of nature means a foetus begins to form in the womb where another foetus is already growing.

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  1. noun Chiefly British Variant of fetus.

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  • It was, of course, concluded that the foetus was an undeveloped twin to the boy himself. —  GALAXY
  • The other possibility raised by Boisdaulphin's evidence is that the Queen suffered an intrauterine death - the death of a viable foetus, which is sometimes referred to as a late abortion. —  TheChildrenof
  • Already the foetus was a living entity she'd carry in her womb for another seven months, nurture and love every day of its infant years…only to have to step back and share a small part of its life. —  Helen Bianchin - The Wedding Ultimatum
  • The scientist said he had discovered a "time window" of eight to 12 weeks 'gestation, when certain hormones in the foetus are activated and the male reproductive system comes into being. —  cryptogon.com
  • The idea of the streetwise bottler is as paradoxical as that of the hirsute foetus, the listless orgasm or the insomnia-inducing episode of The Wire, but that's how history will record Jimmy White. —  Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk
 

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