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juvenile

[joo-vuh-nl, -nahyl] / ˈdʒu və nl, -ˌnaɪl /


NOUN
young person
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STRONGEST


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It’s a shade of slapstick in a movie constructed around juvenile pratfalls and targeted destruction that allows O’Hara’s mom to retain her dignity.

From Salon

He called the exchange “juvenile” and “not a reference to anything dark or harmful.”

From The Wall Street Journal

There have also been more than the usual number of bald eagles in the area — at least three juveniles and one sub-adult — and they could have been off protecting their nest.

From Los Angeles Times

The study shows that juvenile sauropods were a major food source for several species of meat eating dinosaurs.

From Science Daily

These larvae were found attached to juvenile spiders from three different families.

From Science Daily