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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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fe·tus  audio  (fts) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. fe·tus·es
  1. The unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate having a basic structural resemblance to the adult animal.
  2. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after conception to the moment of birth, as distinguished from the earlier embryo.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Latin ftus, offspring; see dh(i)- in Indo-European roots


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