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cross-fostered

cross-fostered is the simple past and past participle of cross-foster.

Meaning of cross-foster

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.

Questions about cross-fostered

What is cross-fostered the simple past and past participle of?
Cross-fostered is the simple past and past participle of cross-foster.

Words near cross-fostered in the dictionary

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

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