any kind of meat for horses or other cattle. In some places, hay and straw mingled together is peculiarly denominated fodder.

GENUS NAUTICUM. Where money was lent to a merchant to be employed in a beneficial trade, on condition of being repaid with extraordinary interest, in case such voyage was safely performed, the agreement was sometimes called genus nauticum, sometimes usuaria maritima.

FETOR, in Medicine, foetid effluvia arising from the body, or any part thereof.

FETUS, the young of all viviparous animals whilst in the womb, and of oviparous animals before being hatched. The name is transferred by botanists to the embryos of vegetables. See Anatomy.