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gestation periods

gestation periods is the plural of gestation period.

Meaning of gestation period

Noun

gestation period (plural gestation periods)

  1. The average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant.
    • We have waited a very long time for the Railways Bill to see the light of day. The starting gun was fired as long ago as May 2021, when the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail was finally published, after its own gestation period of nearly three years.2025 November 26, Sir Michael Holden, “Good and bad in the Bill”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 15

Questions about gestation periods

What is gestation periods the plural of?
Gestation periods is the plural of gestation period.

Words near gestation periods in the dictionary

  1. gestating
  2. gestation
  3. gestation crate
  4. gestation crates
  5. gestation period
  6. gestation periods
  7. gestation sac
  8. gestation sacs
  9. gestational
  10. gestational diabetes
  11. gestational father

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