post-juvenile

English

Alternative forms

• postjuvenile

Etymology

post- +‎ juvenile

Adjective

post-juvenile (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the developmental stage immediately following the juvenile period.
   • 1963, Arlyn F. Linde, Muskrat Pelt Patterns and Primeness, page 55:

     It is quite possible that muskrat kits, which are weaned at approximately 30 days of age, may also reflect the effects of insufficient food in the time at which the post-juvenile growth of hair occurs and is completed.

   • 2018, Barry Goldson, Juvenile Justice in Europe: Past, Present and Future:

     The essay addresses the complex interface between 'welfare' and 'justic' systems and it also takes account of post-juvenile justice interventions and the ways in which young adults are processed within and across the four jurisdictions.

   • 2020, Lukas Jenni, Raffael Winkler, Moult and Ageing of European Passerines, page 84:

     Despite these ecological factors, the complete post-juvenile moult also appears to have a phylogenetic background.

Noun

post-juvenile (plural post-juveniles)

1. An individual in the post-juvenile stage.
   • 1950, Oscar E. Sette, Studies on the Pacific Pilchard Or Sardine (S̲a̲ṟḏi̲ṉo̲p̲s̲), page 28:

     It includes only the intrinsic influence on juvenile survival and considers that the competition takes place between juveniles and post-juveniles rather than within the juvenile category itself.

   • 2008, Marc Jabin, Influence of Environmental Factors on the Distribution Pattern of Centipedes (Chilopoda) and Other Soil Arthropods in Temperate Deciduous Forests, page 18:

     A total of 1,544 juveniles and post-juveniles were recorded.

   • 2018, Hadoram Shirihai, Lars Svensson, Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds, Volume 1:

     Post-juveniles can hardly be confused with other species within the treated range (though must be separated from some closely related extralimital species in Asia and Africa; see Alström & Mild 2003).