How to Use subadult in a Sentence

subadult

noun
  • In this species, subadult females are able to mate and produce viable offspring.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Stoner often saw a young subadult whose mother recently sent him off on his own.
    — Kristen Pope, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Her travelmate was classified as a subadult at the time of their transfer.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Previously, only adult or subadult pink iguanas were found in the area.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The aim is to have a variety that includes females with and without cubs, large boars, subadults, and cubs.
    — Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • From there, the babies quickly develop their flight and subadult feathers.
    — Ayana Archie, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Her counterpart in the transfer was classified as a subadult.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Ten elephants—adult females, small calves at their sides, subadults also staying close—fled the throbbing din of rotors.
    — David Quammen, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • She’s considered a subadult, the teenagers of the bear world, and is learning to navigate the world without her mother.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The collared wolves were an adult breeding female and a subadult from the Gearhart Mountain Pack.
    — CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Yet, the researches pointed out that the individuals doing this ranged from subadult to adult.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • Two limb bones — one from a subadult ornithopod dinosaur, and the other from a juvenile ornithopod dinosaur — show tooth marks.
    — Brian Switek, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2012
  • Among juveniles and subadults, females accounted for over 99 percent of the turtles sampled.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Scientists from the Marine Mammal Center described it as a subadult female.
    — CBS News, 28 May 2017
  • An adult female gray whale was found on April 1, another adult female on April 3, and two more - a subadult male and adult female - were found Thursday.
    — Paulina Firozi, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Males accounted for 30-35 percent of the population, whether the turtles were juveniles, subadults, or mature.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The capture in Gran Canaria falls into the juvenile-to-subadult size range, suggesting these waters could serve as a nursery or perhaps a migratory corridor.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The size of the bones suggest the group was made up of one adult around 22 years old, one subadult and two or three juveniles that appear to be roughly four years old, reports Cameron Duke for the New Scientist.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
  • With a bit of training, volunteers can learn how to differentiate between a calf, a subadult (grey) or an adult (white)—and even identify individuals using scars or unique pigmentation—in underwater videos and images.
    — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2020
  • It's estimated that there are just 10 to 15 adult and subadult mountain lions, not including kittens, in the Santa Monica Mountains.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 26 May 2023
  • The tiny clues documented how fast the dinosaurs grew and outlined their developmental stages through hatchling, yearling, juvenile, subadult and mature animals, offering greater insight into the lives of these reptiles than experts previously knew.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022

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