"gestation period" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gestation periods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gestation period (plural gestation periods)
  1. The average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant. Translations (the average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal): kantoaika (Finnish), tréimhse iompair [feminine] (Irish)

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