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subyearling

subyearling noun: an animal that is less than a year old.

Noun

subyearling (plural subyearlings)

  1. An animal that is less than a year old
    • Smaller fishes and subyearling fish are at great risk of predation by larger piscivorous fishes [87 ,88 ].2015 December 1, “Predation on the Invasive Copepod, Pseudodiaptomus forbesi, and Native Zooplankton in the Lower Columbia River: An Experimental Approach to Quantify Differences in Prey-Specific...

Forms of subyearling

pluralsubyearlings

Origin of subyearling

From sub- + yearling.

Questions about subyearling

What does subyearling mean?
Subyearling means an animal that is less than a year old.
What part of speech is subyearling?
Subyearling is a noun.
What is the plural of subyearling?
The plural of subyearling is subyearlings.

Words near subyearling in the dictionary

  1. subxerophytic
  2. subxiphisternal
  3. subxiphoid
  4. subxiphoidal
  5. subxyphoid
  6. subyearling
  7. subyearlings
  8. subz
  9. subzero
  10. subzi
  11. subzis

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