Precourtship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Precourtship is an adjective meaning (biology) Before courtship.
Meaning
(biology) Before courtship.
Example Sentences
From a behavioral point of view, the life of this butterfly could be divided into four stages: the precourtship adult stage (from the 1st to the 8th days after emergence), the nectar-feeding stage, which promotes egg development (from the 2nd to the 16th days), courtship and mating (from the 6th to the 13th days), and oviposition (from the 7th to the 15th days).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include premating, precopulatory, premarriage, preconnubial, precoitus, prebetrothal.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.