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Meaning of gestation period | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Suomi kantoaika

Examples

“We have waited a very long time for the Railways Bill to see the light of day. The starting gun was fired as long ago as May 2021, when the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail was finally published, after its own gestation period of nearly three years.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

gestational diabetes gestational father gestational sac Gestations gestator gestatorial chair