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full-grown

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adj.1..
a.1.Having reached the limits of growth; mature; fully developed; - used mostly of living organisms; as, A full-grown lion can easily kill an unarmed man..
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Adj.1.full-grown - (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman"
adult, fully grown, grown, grownup, big
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
full-grown
adjective adult, developed, mature, grown-up, of age, ripe, full-fledged, in your prime a full-grown male orang-utan
young, green, adolescent, premature, untimely, undeveloped, unripe, unformed, unfledged
Translations
full-grown [ˌfʊlˈgrəʊn] ADJ → maduro
full-grown [ˌfʊlˈgrəʊn] adj → maturo/a
full-grown [ˌfʊlˈgrəʊn] adj → maturo/a


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Terrified at the sight, he lifted his eyes and his hands to heaven, and said: "Just now I vowed to offer a lamb to the Guardian Deities of the forest if I could only find out who had robbed me; but now that I have discovered the thief, I would willingly add a full-grown Bull to the Calf I have lost, if I may only secure my own escape from him in safety.
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