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Adult means An animal that is full-grown..
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/ˈæd.ʌlt/ · noun
An animal that is full-grown..
The young not only differs from the adult by the presence of its gills, but its feet are only developed by degrees, and in several genera there are also a deciduous beak and tail, and intestines of a different form
an adult human, animal, or plant
The paws of the adult brown bear, and also their hams, especially when smoked, are considered a great delicacy.
adult clothes; adult cereal; an adult documentary
In May 1967 the WGBH Education Division submitted an initial proposal to HUD for a series of four adult television documentaries on conservation in an urban environment.
Adulting is hard!
Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "adulted"; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five, […]
The process of adulting children[…] overlaps with the process of the uncontrolled infiltration of the media[…] into children’s imagination.
Use adult when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Adult means An animal that is full-grown..
Common synonyms include grown up, adult, grown-up, grownup.
Possible antonyms include child, youngling, juvenile, juvenile person.
The young not only differs from the adult by the presence of its gills, but its feet are only developed by degrees, and in several genera there are also a deciduous beak and tail, and intestines of a different form
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