Definition of Littermate

1. Noun. An animal born in the same litter ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Littermate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Littermate

litterbag
litterbags
litterbin
litterbox
litterboxes
litterbug
litterbugs
littered
litterer
litterers
litterfall
litterfalls
littering
litterings
litterless
littermate (current term)
littermates
litters
littery
little(a)
little-ease
little-eases
little-endian
little-finger
little-go
little-head snakeweed
little-leaf fig
little-league team
little-owl

Literary usage of Littermate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"However, in crinkled mutants from dams receiving the copper supplemented diet (500 ppm Cu), activity of the enzyme was normal, the same as their littermate ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Microscopic and submicroscopic studies on regenerating gastric mucosa neonatally grafted in the subcutaneous tissue of littermate mice have revealed that ..."

3. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"... composed of cells from the 129 embryonic stem cells and die host, typically C57BL/6J, mated to a littermate. Such a strain is designated using the ..."

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