post-juvenile
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the developmental stage immediately following the juvenile period.
noun
An individual in the post-juvenile stage.
Example Sentences
- "It is quite possible that muskrat kits, which are weaned at approximately 30 days of age, may also reflect the effects of insufficient food in the time at which the post-juvenile growth of hair occurs and is completed."
- "The essay addresses the complex interface between 'welfare' and 'justic' systems and it also takes account of post-juvenile justice interventions and the ways in which young adults are processed within and across the four jurisdictions."
- "Despite these ecological factors, the complete post-juvenile moult also appears to have a phylogenetic background."
- "It includes only the intrinsic influence on juvenile survival and considers that the competition takes place between juveniles and post-juveniles rather than within the juvenile category itself."
- "A total of 1,544 juveniles and post-juveniles were recorded."
- "Post-juveniles can hardly be confused with other species within the treated range (though must be separated from some closely related extralimital species in Asia and Africa; see Alström & Mild 2003)."