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postspawning

postspawning adjective: after spawning.

Adjective

postspawning (not comparable)

  1. After spawning.
    • Flight and flower-visiting activities rose from the beginning of supplementing nutrition, and declined until the postspawning stage.2015 June 22, Chengzhe Li et al., “Adult Behavior of Tirumala limniace (Lepidoptera: Danaidae)”, in Journal of Insect Science, volume 15, →DOI

Origin of postspawning

From post- + spawning.

Questions about postspawning

What does postspawning mean?
Postspawning means after spawning.
What part of speech is postspawning?
Postspawning is an adjective.

Words near postspawning in the dictionary

  1. postsocialist
  2. postsocialistic
  3. postsovereign
  4. postsowing
  5. postspasmodic
  6. postspawning
  7. postsphenoid
  8. postsphenoidal
  9. postsphenoids
  10. postspinal
  11. postspinfection

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