2. (noun) foetus, embryo, unborn child, fertilised egg.
Kia tae atu ki te wā ka kīia te pēpi he kukune, kua puta ngā wāhanga matua katoa o tōna tinana (RP 2009:272). / By the time the baby is said to be a foetus, all the main body parts have formed.
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