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postbreeding

postbreeding adjective: after (finishing) breeding.

Adjective

postbreeding (not comparable)

  1. After (finishing) breeding
    • (Note that not all females bred, so this also affects the size differences between treatment groups for postbreeding females).2015 July 3, Rose E O’Dea et al., “Maternal effects on offspring size and number in mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki”, in Ecology and Evolution, volume 5, →DOI

Origin of postbreeding

From post- + breeding.

Questions about postbreeding

What does postbreeding mean?
Postbreeding means after (finishing) breeding.
What part of speech is postbreeding?
Postbreeding is an adjective.

Words near postbreeding in the dictionary

  1. postbrachytherapy
  2. postbranchial
  3. postbreak
  4. postbreakfast
  5. postbreakup
  6. postbreeding
  7. postbroadcast
  8. postbronchial
  9. postbronchodilation
  10. postbronchodilator
  11. postbronchoscopic

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