post-juvenile
post-juvenile adjective: pertaining to the developmental stage immediately following the juvenile period.
Adjective
post-juvenile (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the developmental stage immediately following the juvenile period.
- It is quite possible that muskrat kits, which are weaned at approximately 30 days of age, may also reflect the effects of insufficient food in the time at which the post-juvenile growth of hair occurs and is completed.1963, Arlyn F. Linde, Muskrat Pelt Patterns and Primeness, page 55
- The essay addresses the complex interface between 'welfare' and 'justic' systems and it also takes account of post-juvenile justice interventions and the ways in which young adults are processed within and across the four jurisdictions.2018, Barry Goldson, Juvenile Justice in Europe: Past, Present and Future
Noun
post-juvenile (plural post-juveniles)
- An individual in the post-juvenile stage.
- It includes only the intrinsic influence on juvenile survival and considers that the competition takes place between juveniles and post-juveniles rather than within the juvenile category itself.1950, Oscar E. Sette, Studies on the Pacific Pilchard Or Sardine (S̲a̲ṟḏi̲ṉo̲p̲s̲), page 28
- A total of 1,544 juveniles and post-juveniles were recorded.2008, Marc Jabin, Influence of Environmental Factors on the Distribution Pattern of Centipedes (Chilopoda) and Other Soil Arthropods in Temperate Deciduous Forests, page 18
Examples of post-juvenile in a sentence
- Despite these ecological factors, the complete post-juvenile moult also appears to have a phylogenetic background.2020, Lukas Jenni, Raffael Winkler, Moult and Ageing of European Passerines, page 84:
- Post-juveniles can hardly be confused with other species within the treated range (though must be separated from some closely related extralimital species in Asia and Africa; see Alström & Mild 2003).2018, Hadoram Shirihai, Lars Svensson, Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds, Volume 1:
Forms of post-juvenile
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | postjuvenile |
| Noun | |
| plural | post-juveniles |
Origin of post-juvenile
From post- + juvenile.
Questions about post-juvenile
- What does post-juvenile mean?
- Post-juvenile means pertaining to the developmental stage immediately following the juvenile period.
- How do you use post-juvenile in a sentence?
- Despite these ecological factors, the complete post-juvenile moult also appears to have a phylogenetic background.
- What part of speech is post-juvenile?
- Post-juvenile can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near post-juvenile in the dictionary
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