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An immature member of a species.

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Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death).

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Not fully formed or developed; not grown.

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Childish in behavior; juvenile.

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The man was immature for throwing a tantrum.

He's a nice little boy, a bit immature, but very intelligent.

Katie had always been immature, maybe even a little lazy.

The cups are the most valuable portion of the valonia, abounding in tannic acid; immature acorns are sometimes exported under the name of "camatina."

That illogical, immature holdout still blamed him for winning her love before he told her.

You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.

As yet, however, the medusa of Microhydra has only been seen in an immature condition, but it shows some well-marked differences from Limnocodium, especially in the structure of the tentacles, which furnish useful characters for distinguishing species amongst medusae.

I am a young student, so please forgive me if my questions sound immature.

In the fens of East Anglia have been found two humeri, one of them immature, of a true Pelecanus, a bird now no longer inhabiting middle Europe.

When the worn-out old Emperor was succeeded by an immature boy, the serious, positive and somewhat " schoolmasterish " Kdrber did not strike the right note with him.

In spring, while the wheat plants are still green and immature, the rust makes its appearance as orange-red spots or streaks on the stalks and leaves.

Don't throw it away because of immature thoughts, like, she doesn't understand me, we've grown apart, or I need more excitement.

Everyone thought she was being immature about this – as if there were something ridiculous about the idea of a 25-year-old virgin.

It buds medusae, which, however, are as yet only known in an immature condition (C. Mereschkowsky [41]).

It occurs immature in the gastropod Nassa.

We will also study possible adverse effects of the interventions on the immature brain.

The net was also fitted with an illegal top-side chafer which stops immature fish escaping.

The first bird to appear was a fine immature Andean condor which soared over the local peak.

At this age, the only relics from immature plumage are the black center to the tail and dark feathering on the secondaries.

The simultaneous migration of large numbers of immature fluke through the liver can cause severe tissue damage.

Note the intact immature nodules and the ruptured lesions showing white hyphae.

He is, after all, an emotionally immature eight year old boy, or at least programmed to act like one.

One female increased weight by 1.6 kg in 9 months, another sexually immature female increased weight by 4.3 kg in 13 months.

Problems The technology used here is still relatively immature.

I think we were both just too immature at the beginning.

Firm, slightly immature fruits are best for making pies or tarts.

Without completion of all the processes, the compost remains immature.

Maybe they seem immature, or are unwilling to start new tasks without direct supervision.

Courgettes are really just a highly selected form of summer squash whose fruit are picked continuously and eaten immature.

Do not add salt to your babyâs food, as the immature kidneys are unable to process it.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is overproduction of immature (underdeveloped) lymphocytes, called lymphoblasts.

The pedipalp ends of immature males, and of females of any age, look like the ends of the walking legs.

However use of these agents are not recommended below one year of age due to the possibility of immature renal function and hepatic metabolism.

Maturation in vitro of immature oocytes has been achieved in small mammals, even from primordial follicles, using a number of methods.

The picture is an immature bird just aquiring adult plumage.

We need to see beyond the rather immature demand that we always get our own way to the rich rewards that come from collaboration.

An internode bearing immature tendrils made two revolutions, each in 3 hrs.

The size of the removed specimen was 13.5 x 8.5 x 7.5 cm, and weight 530 g. The pathological diagnosis was immature teratoma.

Several local races of African elephant have been described, mainly distinguished from one another by the form and size of the ears, shape of the head, &c. The most interesting of these is the pigmy Congo race, africanus pumilio, named on the evidence of an immature specimen in the possession of C. Hagenbeck, the well-known animal-dealer of Hamburg, in 1905.

The Nematode parasites of the Invertebrata are usually immature forms which attain their full development in the body of some vertebrate; but there are a number of species which in the sexually adult condition are peculiar to the Invertebrata.2 The Nematoda contain about as many parasitic species as all the other groups of internal parasites taken together; they are found in almost all the organs of the body, and by their presence, especially when encysted in the tissues and during their migration from one part of the body to another, give rise to various pathological conditions.

In Leptolinae the actinula becomes the sessile polyp which has acquired the power of budding and producing individuals either of its own or of a higher rank; it represents a persistent larval stage and remains in a sexually immature condition as a neutral individual, sex being an attribute only of the final stage in the development, namely the medusa.

Petasus and other genera make up this family, founded by Haeckel, but no other naturalist has ever seen them, and it is probable that they are simply immature forms of other genera..

They are attracted to the flower by its colour or its perfume; they seek, collect or feed on its honey, and while so doing they remove the pollen from the anther and convey it to another flower, there to germinate on the stigma when its tubes travel down the style to the ovary where their contents ultimately fuse with the "oosphere" or immature egg, which becomes in consequence fertilized, and forms a seed which afterwards develops into a new plant (see article Angiosperms).

It is a remarkable and newly-ascertained fact that in regeneration (in Potamilla) the thorax is not replaced by the growth of uninjured thoracic segments; but that the anterior segments of the abdomen take on the same characters, the setae dropping out and being replaced in accordance with the plan of the setae in the thorax of uninjured worms. Among the Oligochaeta the sexually mature worm is distinguished from the immature worm by the clitellum and by the development of genital setae.

This sexually immature stage, regarded at one time as representing a distinct species and named Linguatula denticulate, is reached in about six or seven months and measures from 6 to 8 mm.

Apart from hordes of ravenous immature fish, brown trout were very, very scarce.

This condition is characterized by abnormally enlarged immature red blood cells that are unable to divide properly.

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals conserved and divergent features of Gag packing in immature particles of Rous sarcoma virus and human immunodeficiency virus.

Droncit is effective against both immature and mature forms of adult tapeworms in both dogs and cats.

His attacks do nothing to help his case but only expose his immature and unprofessional attitude.

Because newborns' immune systems are immature, you will need to contact your doctor if your baby is running a fever of at least 100 degrees.