prestrike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ strike

Adjective[edit]

prestrike (not comparable)

  1. Before a strike (work stoppage as protest).
  2. Before the striking motion of a snake.
    • 1992, Carl Gans, Philip Steven Ulinski, Biology of the Reptilia, page 435:
      The nine phases may be clustered into three subgroups: prestrike, strike, and poststrike behavior.
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