fetuslike
fetuslike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a fetus.
Adjective
fetuslike (comparative more fetuslike, superlative most fetuslike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a fetus.
- From the descriptions of the fetuslike aliens -- known, in U.F.O. parlance, as Grays -- to the experiments they performed, the sex was nonstop: men told of anal probes and forced sperm-taking; women, artificial insemination and removal of embryos.1994 March 20, Stephen Rae, “John Mack”, in The New York Times
- For the record, "Teletubbies" stars four oversized, non-gendered, fetuslike creatures named Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po.1999 February 13, Michael Colton, “I'm sorry, Tinky Winky”, in Salon
Examples of fetuslike in a sentence
- At the end of “2001,” Kubrick leaves us with the strange, ambiguous image of a glowing fetuslike creature floating over Earth.2022 January 9, Tamsin Shaw, “How Social Media Influences Our Behavior, and Vice Versa”, in The New York Times:
- The first refers to a skin-covered, fetuslike abnormal mass that’s mostly inside the newborn.2023 January 18, Poonam Sachdev, Julian Selemin, “What Are Parasitic Twins?”, in WebMD:
Forms of fetuslike
| comparative | more fetuslike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fetuslike |
Origin of fetuslike
From fetus + -like.
Questions about fetuslike
- What does fetuslike mean?
- Fetuslike means resembling or characteristic of a fetus.
- How do you use fetuslike in a sentence?
- At the end of “2001,” Kubrick leaves us with the strange, ambiguous image of a glowing fetuslike creature floating over Earth.
- What part of speech is fetuslike?
- Fetuslike is an adjective.
Words near fetuslike in the dictionary
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