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preadults

preadults is the plural of preadult.

Meaning of preadult

Noun

preadult (plural preadults)

  1. One who is not yet an adult.
    • This species has been described from a series of specimens including holotype adult female and paratype adult females and males and preadults collected by Mr. E. G. Smyth on Acacia species at Oaxaco, Mexico, September 22, 1923, while he was engaged in a search through Mexico for parasitic enemies...1927, Biological Society of Washington, Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Volume 40, Biological Society of Washington, page 108

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Questions about preadults

What is preadults the plural of?
Preadults is the plural of preadult.

Words near preadults in the dictionary

  1. preadsorbing
  2. preadsorption
  3. preadsorptions
  4. preadult
  5. preadulthood
  6. preadults
  7. preadverbial
  8. preadverbially
  9. preadvertise
  10. preadvertised
  11. preadvertisement

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