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epimeletic

epimeletic adjective: relating to altruistic behaviour towards an injured animal.

Adjective

epimeletic (comparative more epimeletic, superlative most epimeletic)

  1. Relating to altruistic behaviour towards an injured animal
    • In the neonatal related COD, according to a fisher who had recovered the carcass, the cutaneous lesions were caused by the mother, or other group members, trying to maintain the animal in motion or to make it surface, following an epimeletic behavior.2016 February 13, “Assessing Disease and Mortality among Small Cetaceans Stranded at a World Heritage Site in Southern Brazil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of epimeletic

comparativemore epimeletic
superlativemost epimeletic

Questions about epimeletic

What does epimeletic mean?
Epimeletic means relating to altruistic behaviour towards an injured animal.
What part of speech is epimeletic?
Epimeletic is an adjective.

Words near epimeletic in the dictionary

  1. epimatium
  2. epimedin
  3. epimedins
  4. epimedium
  5. epimediums
  6. epimeletic
  7. Epimenidean
  8. Epimenides
  9. Epimenides paradox
  10. Epimenides paradoxes
  11. epimenorrhagia

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