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half-grown

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adjective

  1. not yet fully grown

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A few hours later pugmarks from three cats were spotted together—the mom, her half-grown son and the baby, reunited.

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2023

The wind billowing out the seat of my britches, My feet crackling splinters of glass and dried putty, The half-grown chrysanthemums staring up like accusers … And everyone, everyone pointing up and shouting!

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2021

“People are now hunting coyotes in July and August, if not earlier, so they’re getting some of those half-grown adolescents that are prone to make mistakes. And when they do, they die,” Pier says.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2020

I get that Dart was implied to be the slug Will barfed up last year, but how did we go from one full-grown Demogorgon to like, a hundred half-grown demo-dogs?

From The Verge • Oct. 31, 2017

The sturdy brown baby girl, the thin little naked boys, the half-grown children running and calling out to each other with sweet, shrill voices.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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