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post-juvenile en · ADJ

Etymology

From post- + juvenile.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the developmental stage immediately following the juvenile period.
    • Despite these ecological factors, the complete post-juvenile moult also appears to have a phylogenetic background. 2020, Lukas Jenni, Raffael Winkler, Moult and Ageing of European Passerines, page 84:
    • It is quite possible that muskrat kits, which are weaned at approximately 30 days of age, may also reflect the effects of insufficient food in the time at which the post-juvenile growth of hair occurs and is completed. 1963, Arlyn F. Linde, Muskrat Pelt Patterns and Primeness, page 55:
    • The essay addresses the complex interface between 'welfare' and 'justic' systems and it also takes account of post-juvenile justice interventions and the ways in which young adults are processed within and across the four jurisdictions. 2018, Barry Goldson, Juvenile Justice in Europe: Past, Present and Future:

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post-juvenile en · NOUN

Etymology

From post- + juvenile.

Meanings

  1. An individual in the post-juvenile stage.
    • A total of 1,544 juveniles and post-juveniles were recorded. 2008, Marc Jabin, Influence of Environmental Factors on the Distribution Pattern of Centipedes (Chilopoda) and Other Soil Arthropods in Temperate Deciduous Forests, page 18:
    • Post-juveniles can hardly be confused with other species within the treated range (though must be separated from some closely related extralimital species in Asia and Africa; see Alström & Mild 2003). 2018, Hadoram Shirihai, Lars Svensson, Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds, Volume 1:
    • It includes only the intrinsic influence on juvenile survival and considers that the competition takes place between juveniles and post-juveniles rather than within the juvenile category itself. 1950, Oscar E. Sette, Studies on the Pacific Pilchard Or Sardine (S̲a̲ṟḏi̲ṉo̲p̲s̲), page 28:

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