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stretch-attend posture

stretch-attend posture noun: a posture in which a rodent elongates the head and shoulders forward before retracting them, taken as a sign of anxiety in open-field tests.

Noun

stretch-attend posture (plural stretch-attend postures)

  1. A posture in which a rodent elongates the head and shoulders forward before retracting them, taken as a sign of anxiety in open-field tests.
    Synonyms:
    stretch-attend

Synonyms of stretch-attend posture

Forms of stretch-attend posture

pluralstretch-attend postures

Questions about stretch-attend posture

What does stretch-attend posture mean?
Stretch-attend posture means a posture in which a rodent elongates the head and shoulders forward before retracting them, taken as a sign of anxiety in open-field tests.
What part of speech is stretch-attend posture?
Stretch-attend posture is a noun.
What is the plural of stretch-attend posture?
The plural of stretch-attend posture is stretch-attend postures.

Words near stretch-attend posture in the dictionary

  1. stretch wrapped
  2. stretch wrapping
  3. stretch wraps
  4. stretch'd
  5. stretch-attend
  6. stretch-attend posture
  7. stretch-attend postures
  8. stretch-attends
  9. stretch-out
  10. stretch-outs
  11. stretch-shortening cycle

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