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FULLY GROWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fully grown mean?
• FULLY GROWN (adjective)
The adjective FULLY GROWN has 1 sense:
1. (of animals) fully developed
Familiarity information: FULLY GROWN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of animals) fully developed
Synonyms:
adult; big; full-grown; fully grown; grown; grownup
Context example:
a grown woman
Similar:
mature (having reached full natural growth or development)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Context examples
Preliminary analysis suggests the diminutive galaxy weighs in at no more than 3 billion solar masses (roughly 1/100th the mass of our fully grown Milky Way galaxy).
(NASA's Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy, NASA)
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