英语词汇“subadult”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

subadult

释义

subadult, a. and n.|sʌbˈædʌlt, sʌbəˈdʌlt|
[sub- 19.]
A. adj. Not fully adult.
B. n. A subadult individual.
Applied chiefly to animals (cf. preadult s.v. pre- B. 1).
1903Nature 3 Dec. 112/1 A subadult Australian barn⁓owl in which large bunches of the nestling down are retained on the legs.1934Webster, Subadult n.1946Nature 28 Dec. 927/1 The author distinguishes between juvenile, young, sub-adult and adult, in that order of ascending age [of mammals].1962B. Harrisson Orang-Utan iii. 108 Sub-adults, who have left their mothers, cuddle in pairs to get additional warmth.1975Sci. Amer. May 56/3 Lions are termed cubs until they are two years old and subadults between the ages of two and four.1976Ibid. Apr. 118/3 Subadult crocodiles often form a semi⁓circle where a channel enters a pan, facing the inrushing water and snapping up the fish that emerge from the river.

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