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pubescent
(encz) | pubescent,dospívající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pubescent
(gcide) | Pubescent \Pu*bes"cent\ (p[-u]"b[e^]s"sent), a. [L. pubescens,
-entis, p. pr. of pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy
or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. pubescent.]
1. Arrived recently at puberty.
[1913 Webster]
That . . . the men (are) pubescent at the age of
twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]
2. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain
insects, and the leaves of some plants.
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pubescent
(wn) | pubescent
adj 1: (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at
the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become
functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding
breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of
pubescent boy"
2: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
[syn: downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous] |
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pre-pubescent
(encz) | pre-pubescent,předpubertální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prepubescent
(encz) | prepubescent,předpubertální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pubescent
(encz) | pubescent,dospívající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prepubescent
(wn) | prepubescent
adj 1: (especially of human beings) at the age immediately
before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth [syn:
prepubescent, prepubertal] |
pubescent
(wn) | pubescent
adj 1: (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at
the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become
functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding
breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of
pubescent boy"
2: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
[syn: downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous] |
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