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cross-fosters

cross-fosters is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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-fosters

What is cross-fosters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cross-fosters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-foster.

Words near cross-fosters in the dictionary

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

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