rearing
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Etymology
From Middle English rerynge (“raising”).
Verb
rearing
- present participle and gerund of rear
Noun
rearing (plural rearings)
- Act of raising young.
- We studied blowfly rearings in various environmental conditions.
- 1896, The Progressive Bee-keeper, page 320:
- In queening his apiary, he aims to keep about half of the queens of the current season's rearing, and the other of the summer preceding.
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