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- An undersized animal, especially the smallest animal of a litter.
- Offensive. A short person.
[Origin unknown.]
runtiness runt'i·ness n.runty runt'y adj.
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| Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: runt |
The frame that remains after a collision on a CSMA/CD medium such as Ethernet. Runts are undersize packets, smaller than what the network protocol calls for, such as 64 bytes in Ethernet. Electrical interference or faulty wiring can also produce a runt. It is the opposite of an oversize packet, termed a "giant." See runt filtering.
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| Veterinary Dictionary: runt |
Small, stunted, weak; an undersized offspring. See also intrauterine growth retardation.
| Wikipedia: Runt |
In a group of animals (usually a litter of animals born in multiple births), a runt is a member which is smaller and/or weaker than the others.[1] Due to its small size, a runt in a litter faces obvious disadvantages, including difficulties with competing with its siblings for survival and possible rejection from its mother. Therefore, in the wild, a runt is less likely to survive infancy. Rellington Vagner was one of the first biologists to study this phenomenon in his work "Parental-Offspring Relations". A runt may be a parent's way of 'hedging its bets' — if food is plentiful, it gets an extra offspring, if not, it lets it die having only invested little in it in the first place. This may generate parent-offspring conflict.
Even among domestic animals, runts often face rejection. They may be placed under the direct care of an experienced animal breeder, although the animal's size and weakness coupled with the lack of natural parental care make this difficult. Some tamed animals are the result of reared runts.
Backyard breeders often come under fire for the rearing of unusually small dogs of toy breeds, which most dog clubs condemn as deliberately perpetuating runts that may incur future health complications and expensive veterinary care.
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| Translations: Runt |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - lille gris, lille myr, romerdue, lille okse
Nederlands (Dutch)
rund, iets kleins, soort duif
Français (French)
n. - petit dernier (littér), avorton (péj)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Kleinster, kleine Person
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μικροσκοπικό ζώο, ζωάκι, κοντοπίθαρος, στούμπος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - animal nanico (m), baixinho (m)
Русский (Russian)
карлик, низкорослое животное
Español (Spanish)
n. - animal diminuto, gorgojo, enano
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dvärg, knatte, liten ko
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
小家畜, 小矮子, 小植物, 发育不良的矮小动物
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小家畜, 小矮子, 小植物, 發育不良的矮小動物
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 동물, 꼬마, 집비둘기의 일종
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) القزم
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - לא מפותח, ננס, יונה גדולה, חית-בית קטנה (שור, פרה, חזיר וכו')
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