gestation period en · NOUN
Meanings
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The average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant.
We have waited a very long time for the Railways Bill to see the light of day. The starting gun was fired as long ago as May 2021, when the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail was finally published, after its own gestation period of nearly three years.
2025 November 26, Sir Michael Holden, “Good and bad in the Bill”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 15:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gestation periods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
ga tréimhse iompair (the average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal) · fi kantoaika (the average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal)