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postjuvenile

postjuvenile is the alternative form of post-juvenile.

Meaning of post-juvenile

Adjective

post-juvenile (not comparable)

  1. 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

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Origin of postjuvenile

From post- + juvenile.

Questions about postjuvenile

What is postjuvenile the alternative form of?
Postjuvenile is the alternative form of post-juvenile.

Words near postjuvenile in the dictionary

  1. postjudices
  2. postjump
  3. postjunctional
  4. postjunctionally
  5. postjuvenal
  6. postjuvenile
  7. postkinematic
  8. postlab
  9. postlabial
  10. postlabs
  11. postlactating

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