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depensatory

depensatory adjective: relating to depensation.

Adjective

depensatory (not comparable)

  1. Relating to depensation
    • For example, a depensatory mortality mechanism was suggested to explain the inverse relationship between lobster mortality and lobster catches occurring homogenously across the stock assessment areas in Tasmania [15 ].2015 October 22, “Predation Risk within Fishing Gear and Implications for South Australian Rock Lobster Fisheries”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about depensatory

What does depensatory mean?
Depensatory means relating to depensation.
What part of speech is depensatory?
Depensatory is an adjective.

Words near depensatory in the dictionary

  1. depends
  2. depends who's asking
  3. depenetration
  4. depenis
  5. depensation
  6. depensatory
  7. depeople
  8. depeopled
  9. depeoples
  10. depeopling
  11. depeptidize

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