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Gestation period has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)

2

the average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant

See Also
fertilization indian elephant average opossum interval birth mammal
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
biological time
Rhyming Words
iod period hesiod subperiod epitheliod gyroperiod semiperiod foreperiod dry period day period edo period nara period long period semi period test period rest period late period scotoperiod time period zero period
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