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pubescent

 
Dictionary: pu·bes·cent   (pyū-bĕs'ənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Reaching or having reached puberty.
  2. Covered with short hairs or soft down.

[Latin pūbēscēns, pūbēscent-, present participle of pūbēscere, to reach puberty, from pūbēs, adult.]


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Medical Dictionary: pu·bes·cent
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(pyū-bĕs'ənt)
adj.
  1. Reaching or having reached puberty.
  2. Covered with fine short hairs.
Veterinary Dictionary: pubescent
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1. arriving at the age of puberty.
2. covered with down or lanugo.

WordNet: pubescent
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #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

Meaning #2: (biology) covered with fine soft hairs or down
  Synonyms: downy, puberulent, sericeous


 
 

 

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