subadult
Speech parts
1. subadult - Noun
2. subadult - Adjective
Meaning
Not yet adult.
(entomology) Final instar before reaching sexual maturity.
subadult (plural subadults)
A person who, or animal that, is not yet an adult.
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Adult and subadult males do not show clear annual patterns, maximum abundance being found from October to January.
Food habits of subadult striped bass in Lake Mead Arizona-Nevada.
From February to July, subadult devils derive 35.8% of their biomass intake from arboreal life, 12.2% being small birds and 23.2% being possums.
In these New Jersey nests, mainly subadult and small adults were taken, ranging in carapace length from convert.
Furthermore, when a new male lion takes over the pride, subadult lions, both male and female, may be evicted.
Orangutans usually travel alone, but they may travel in small groups in their subadult years.