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[ adjective ] (of animals) fully developed

Examples

"an adult animal" "a grown woman"

Related terms

animal mature

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[ adjective ] (of animals) fully developed

Examples

"an adult animal" "a grown woman"

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

The larvae , kept warm by the queen , are full_grown in about ten days .

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

His Mary would be slender of limb and delicate of proportion , yet she must hold this full-grown man as securely and convincingly as she would a child .

Related terms

mature

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