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precourtship

precourtship adjective: before courtship.

Adjective

precourtship (not comparable)

  1. Before courtship.
    • From a behavioral point of view, the life of this butterfly could be divided into four stages: the precourtship adult stage (from the 1st to the 8th days after emergence), the nectar-feeding stage, which promotes egg development (from the 2nd to the 16th days), courtship and mating (from the 6th to...2015 June 22, Chengzhe Li et al., “Adult Behavior of Tirumala limniace (Lepidoptera: Danaidae)”, in Journal of Insect Science, volume 15, →DOI

Origin of precourtship

From pre- + courtship.

Questions about precourtship

What does precourtship mean?
Precourtship means before courtship.
What part of speech is precourtship?
Precourtship is an adjective.

Words near precourtship in the dictionary

  1. precouplings
  2. precourse
  3. precoursed
  4. precourses
  5. precoursing
  6. precourtship
  7. precover
  8. precovered
  9. precoveries
  10. precovering
  11. precovers

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