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Meaning of "littermate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LITTERMATE

littermate  [ˈlɪtəˌmeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LITTERMATE

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Littermate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LITTERMATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Litter (animal)

A litter is the offspring at one birth of animals from the same mother and usually from one set of parents. The word is most often used for the offspring of mammals, but can be used for any animal that gives birth to multiple young. In comparison, a group of eggs and the offspring that hatch from them are frequently called a clutch, while young birds are often called a brood. A litter is defined as anywhere between three and eight offspring. Animals from the same litter are referred to as litter-mates. Animals frequently display grouping behavior in herds, swarms, flocks, or colonies, and these multiple births derive similar advantages. A litter offers some protection from predation, not particularly to the individual young but to the parents' investment in breeding. With multiple young, predators could eat several and others could still survive to reach maturity, but with only one offspring, its loss could mean a wasted breeding season. The other significant advantage is the chance for the healthiest young animals to be favored from a group.

Definition of littermate in the English dictionary

The definition of littermate in the dictionary is one member of a litter of offspring.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LITTERMATE


acoelomate
eɪˈsiːləˌmeɪt
amalgamate
əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt
animate
ˈænɪˌmeɪt
automate
ˈɔːtəˌmeɪt
carbamate
ˈkɑːbəˌmeɪt
classmate
ˈklɑːsˌmeɪt
coelomate
ˈsiːləˌmeɪt
consummate
ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪt
cyclamate
ˈsaɪkləˌmeɪt
desquamate
ˈdɛskwəˌmeɪt
diplomate
ˈdɪpləˌmeɪt
dithiocarbamate
ˌdaɪθaɪəʊˈkɑːbəˌmeɪt
estimate
ˈɛstɪˌmeɪt
glutamate
ˈɡluːtəˌmeɪt
inmate
ˈɪnˌmeɪt
meprobamate
məˈprəʊbəˌmeɪt
ostomate
ˈɒstəˌmeɪt
racemate
ˈræsəˌmeɪt
roommate
ˈruːmˌmeɪt
underestimate
ˌʌndərˈɛstɪˌmeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LITTERMATE

litten
litter
litter basket
litter bin
litter box
litter lout
litterbag
littered
litterer
littery
little
Little America
little auk
little Aussie battler
Little Bear
Little Belt
Little Bighorn
little by little
Little Corporal
little cuttle

WORDS THAT END LIKE LITTERMATE

amate
approximate
checkmate
climate
fermate
formate
illegitimate
inanimate
intimate
legitimate
mate
overestimate
playmate
primate
proximate
reformate
remate
soul mate
team-mate
ultimate

Synonyms and antonyms of littermate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «littermate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LITTERMATE

Find out the translation of littermate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of littermate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «littermate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

littermate
570 millions of speakers

English

littermate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

littermate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

littermate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

однопометница
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

littermate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

littermate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

littermate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Littermate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wurfgeschwister
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

同腹子
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

littermate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Littermate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

littermate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

littermate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिंतक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

batında
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

littermate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miotu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

однопометніца
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

littermate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

littermate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

littermate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kull
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of littermate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LITTERMATE»

The term «littermate» is regularly used and occupies the 85.578 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LITTERMATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «littermate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «littermate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about littermate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITTERMATE»

Discover the use of littermate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to littermate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Poland China World
... a littermate to Wonder B'ter; a son of the Clansman out of a Titanic Giant dam. Mr. Cripe has one sow by Ott's King and out of Faust's Buster's Dolly. This sow has a. litter by Giant Evolution that Cripe is thinking a great deal 0!. Mr. Cripe thinks ...
‎1920
2
The Effects of Early Social Environments on the Behavioral ...
Comparison of formula consumption among treatments (S= singly housed individuals, LT= littermate pairs, NL= non-littermate pairs) throughout the experiment. Data expressed as LS means ± SE. ...................................................... 106 Figure 4-4.
Vanessa Tavares Kanaan, 2008
3
Kernicterus
(Jj) littermate controls on performance in three experiments. The first series of experiments was called an open field experiment. In this procedure, 60-day-old jaundiced and littermate control Gunn rats were placed in an open area 114 cm ...
David W. McCandless, 2010
4
Marmot Biology: Sociality, Individual Fitness, and ...
Kin group Overlap r N Picnic Colony Half-sisters/maternal cousins 48.4 0.375 8 a Littermate sisters 44.5 0.5 21 a b Mother:daughter 41.6 0.5 24 a b c Granddaughter (adults and yearlings) 31.7 0.25 6 b c Unrelated 16.9 0 13 d Cousins or ...
Kenneth B. Armitage, 2014
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Book of Abstracts of the 59th Annual Meeting of the European ...
Scienze Zootecniche, via L. da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (To), Italy No scientific studies were carried out on the effects of rearing littermate rabbits compared to non littermates during the fattening period. Studying the housing of familiar does  ...
Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, 2008
6
Colony-Stimulating Factors—Advances in Research and ...
“Osteopetrotic (op/op) mice, genetically lacking functional MCSF, or their littermate mice underwent 70% PH. Animals were sacrificed at the designated time points after PH, and remnant liver tissues were harvested for further investigations.
‎2012
7
Function and Activation of Signal Transducer and Activator ...
Biochemical parameters in 12-16 week old male ASKO mice and WT littermate controls. Data are means ± SE (n =6-10). * Significantly different from WT and HZ littermate controls. ND No Data -30 WT ASKO 500 300 400 100 200 0 30 60 90 ...
Erin R. Cernkovich, 2007
8
Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure
ACE mRNA, ACE activity and Ang II peptide levels in TNF transgenic mice ( MHCsTNF) and littermate control mice. (A) Ribonuclease protection assay for ACE mRNA in the hearts of the 4-, 8- and 12-week-old MHCsTNF (TG) and littermate ...
Richard A. Walsh, 2005
9
Black Surrender
The computer in front of him buzzed, the sound his littermate had set up to let Rafe know he had an incoming email. Anna straightened, looked at him for only a second before she stared expectantly at the computer screen. Rafe wanted openly ...
Lorie O'Clare, 2011
10
Til Death
Dimitri wouldn't look at his littermate, who he knew scowled in the passenger seat . “Not a good idea.” Nicolo smelled frustrated. Well Dimitri knew that emotion better than the back of his hand. His littermate could damned well be as frustrated  ...
Lorie O'Clare, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITTERMATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term littermate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Computational Prediction and Validation of BAHD1 as a Novel …
Six- to eight-week-old littermate female C57BL/6 mice were purchased from Zhejiang Experimental Animal Centre, Hangzhou, China. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Revisiting shaken baby syndrome
His sister and littermate is a dainty, five-pound beauty. Duffy is twice the size of the breed standard, black where he should be gray, with a fluffy, ... «Cortez Journal, Jul 15»
3
Tips for Welcoming Your Puppy Home
It should also have plenty of soft bedding in it, as well as a durable stuffed toy he can use as a surrogate littermate (make sure the toy doesn't ... «Care2.com, Jul 15»
4
Lenny is the easy rider of Bushwick bike shop
Lenny, along with his littermate Carl, was rescued by two women nearly 15 years ago and adopted as kittens by the bike shop's owner, K. T. ... «The Villager, Jul 15»
5
Thomas Hagey
AND instead of suing me, Playboy Magazine featured Littermate of the Year, Taffy Lovely, in the magazine and did an exclusive interview on the Playboy ... «GuelphNow, Jul 15»
6
North Vancouver cat shot at point-blank range
Her neighbourhood has plenty of cats who have spent years roaming between yards. Ozzie and his brother and littermate Atticus tend to keep ... «The Province, Jul 15»
7
'A really good companion'
“Now he gets to still see his sister, his littermate, and play with her because our friends have her,” Gunther said. Jenna Thompson said they fell ... «The Mountain Press, Jun 15»
8
These pedigreed cats have top billing
Because they are so active, they do best with a littermate to play with, rather than your drapes. Their almost translucent coat pattern is due to a ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
9
Roar No More: Bridgeton's iconic white tiger remembered as part of …
Ganesha's littermate Shiva died in August 2011. Kali was moved to the Moscow Zoo several years ago. "The tigers were sort of an iconic ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
10
Bridgeton zoo mourns the loss of white tiger 'Ganesha'
Ganesha was born in June 1997 and was the brother of Shiva, who died at the Cohanzick Zoo in August 2011. Ganesha was Shiva's littermate. «NJ.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Littermate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/littermate>. May 2024 ».
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