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adolescent having to do with the period when a person is changing from a child to an adult. [2 definitions]
adulthood the part of life when a person is grown up; the adult years.
baby tooth one of the first set of teeth in human babies and other mammals. Baby teeth fall out early in life to be replaced by adult teeth.
bar mitzvah a Jewish ceremony that celebrates a boy becoming an adult and the beginning of his religious duties. The bar mitzvah usually takes place when the boy is thirteen years old.
bat mitzvah a Jewish ceremony that celebrates a girl becoming an adult and the beginning of her religious duties. The bat mitzvah usually takes place when the girl is thirteen years old.
buck1 an adult male deer, goat, or rabbit. Adult males of some similar animals are also called bucks.
bull1 an adult male of several kinds of mammals, such as cattle and elephants.
chaperone an adult who goes along with young people in a social situation to make sure they behave properly and are safe.
chrysalis the hard outside covering on a moth or butterfly while it is a pupa, the stage before it becomes an adult with wings. Many kinds of moths and butterflies make a chrysalis instead of a cocoon. Chrysalis is also sometimes used as another name for the pupa itself.
cock1 an adult male chicken or the male of other closely related birds, such as turkeys or pheasants; rooster. [1/3 definitions]
cocoon a covering made by young insects and some other arthropods to protect themselves while they change from a pupa into an adult. Some spiders make cocoons to hide their eggs.
cow1 the adult female of cattle. [1/2 definitions]
doe an adult female deer, goat, or rabbit. Adult females of some similar animals are also called does.
down2 fine, soft, fuzzy feathers. Down covers young birds. Down is also found underneath the outside feathers of some adult birds.
drake an adult male duck.
ewe an adult female sheep.
gander an adult male goose.
godparent an adult who promises at a child's baptism to take on certain responsibilities for the child.
grown-up having become an adult. [1/2 definitions]
grow up to become an adult; to mature.
guardian an adult chosen by law to be responsible for the care and protection of a child or a person who cannot care for himself or herself. [1/2 definitions]