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fœtal

fœtal adjective: dated spelling of fetal.

Adjective

fœtal (not comparable)

  1. Dated spelling of fetal.
    • "No wonder, then, that ever gathering volume from the mere transit over the widest watery spaces, the outblown rumors of the White Whale did in the end incorporate with themselves all manner of morbid hints, and half-formed fœtal suggestions of supernatural agencies, which eventually invested Moby...1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Questions about fœtal

What does fœtal mean?
Fœtal means dated spelling of fetal.
What part of speech is fœtal?
Fœtal is an adjective.

Words near fœtal in the dictionary

  1. fœderative
  2. fœdifragous
  3. fœdities
  4. fœdity
  5. fœminine
  6. fœtal
  7. fœti
  8. fœticide
  9. fœticides
  10. fœtid
  11. fœtor

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