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fetuslike en · ADJ

Etymology

From fetus + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a fetus.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • Two other conditions can be confused with parasitic twins: fetus-in-fetu and mature teratoma. The first refers to a skin-covered, fetuslike abnormal mass that’s mostly inside the newborn. Mature teratomas are, instead, a type of cancer that may become malignant. 2023 January 18, Poonam Sachdev, Julian Selemin, “What Are Parasitic Twins?”, in WebMD:
   • 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:

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