were lactating
- past progressive of lactate.
Example Sentences
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Females obtained in August at La Mula were lactating.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul
Two June-taken females from the Sierra de Tamaulipas were lactating, and weighed 17 and 18 grams.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul
Figure 2 suggests that the decline was most marked in December and January; no gravid females were collected in these two months, although two females trapped in the first week of December were lactating.
From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by Jameson, E. W.
Among 16 females collected in the months of February, May and June, only two, taken in February, were lactating.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul
Ten of the 20 females of P. truei taken in September were reproducing; four contained embryos and the other six were lactating.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.
