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unengorged

unengorged adjective: not engorged.

Adjective

unengorged (not comparable)

  1. Not engorged
    • Our research, carried out on unengorged D. reticulatus specimens for the first time, has shown that sublethal doses of permethrin increase the activity of hungry females of this species, which results in higher dynamics of attachment to host skin.2015 July 11, Alicja Buczek, Patrycja Lachowska-Kotowska, Katarzyna Bartosik, “The effect of synthetic pyrethroids on the attachment and host-feeding behaviour in Dermacentor reticulatus females...

Origin of unengorged

From un- + engorged.

Questions about unengorged

What does unengorged mean?
Unengorged means not engorged.
What part of speech is unengorged?
Unengorged is an adjective.

Words near unengorged in the dictionary

  1. unengaging
  2. unengagingly
  3. unengendered
  4. unengineered
  5. unEnglish
  6. unengorged
  7. unengrafted
  8. unengraved
  9. unengraven
  10. unengrossed
  11. unengrossing

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