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cross-foster

cross-foster verb: to remove offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters.

Verb

cross-foster (third-person singular simple present cross-fosters, present participle cross-fostering, simple past and past participle cross-fostered)

  1. To remove offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters.

Forms of cross-foster

third-person singular presentcross-fosters
present participlecross-fostering
past participlecross-fostered
pastcross-fostered

Origin of cross-foster

From cross- + foster.

Questions about cross-foster

What does cross-foster mean?
Cross-foster means to remove offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters.
What part of speech is cross-foster?
Cross-foster is a verb.
What is the past tense of cross-foster?
The past tense of cross-foster is cross-fostered.

Words near cross-foster in the dictionary

  1. cross-fertilizations
  2. cross-fertilize
  3. cross-fertilized
  4. cross-fertilizes
  5. cross-fertilizing
  6. cross-foster
  7. cross-fostered
  8. cross-fostering
  9. cross-fosters
  10. cross-functional
  11. cross-garnet

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