Preadult
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who is not yet an adult.
"This species has been described from a series of specimens including holotype adult female and paratype adult females and males and preadults collected by Mr. E. G. Smyth on Acacia species at Oaxaco, Mexico, September 22, 1923, while he was engaged in a search through Mexico for parasitic enemies of the Mexican Bean Beetle for the Bureau of Entomology."
- 1 Not yet adult. not-comparable
Example
More examples"This species has been described from a series of specimens including holotype adult female and paratype adult females and males and preadults collected by Mr. E. G. Smyth on Acacia species at Oaxaco, Mexico, September 22, 1923, while he was engaged in a search through Mexico for parasitic enemies of the Mexican Bean Beetle for the Bureau of Entomology."
Etymology
From pre- + adult.
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