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footlings

footlings is the plural of footling.

Meaning of footling

Noun

footling (plural footlings)

  1. A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot or feet will emerge first. A type of breech birth.
    • In 1999 my fourth child (third daughter) made an unexpected footling breech presentation.2006 January 29, James McManus, “Excerpt from Physical: An American Checkup”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Oct 2013

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Questions about footlings

What is footlings the plural of?
Footlings is the plural of footling.

Words near footlings in the dictionary

  1. footlike
  2. footling
  3. footling about
  4. footling around
  5. footling away
  6. footlings
  7. footlit
  8. footlocker
  9. footlockers
  10. footlog
  11. footlogs

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