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half-grown

British  

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

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

Later that fall, a coyote trapper caught two half-grown animals, and noticing their difference from typical coyotes, contacted the DNR.

From Washington Times • Mar. 2, 2015

Still half-grown, they were as large as any wolf he had ever seen, but the differences were easy to spot, if you knew what to look for.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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