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prealternate

prealternate adjective: describing the moult that precedes the formation of a birds alternate plumage.

Adjective

prealternate (not comparable)

  1. Describing the moult that precedes the formation of a birds alternate plumage

Origin of prealternate

From pre- + alternate.

Questions about prealternate

What does prealternate mean?
Prealternate means describing the moult that precedes the formation of a birds alternate plumage.
What part of speech is prealternate?
Prealternate is an adjective.

Words near prealternate in the dictionary

  1. prealphabets
  2. Prealps
  3. prealter
  4. prealtered
  5. prealtering
  6. prealternate
  7. prealters
  8. preamalgamation
  9. preambassadorial
  10. preambivalent
  11. preambivalently

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