Definitions
A fully grown person or mature animal.
Word origin
From French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“to grow up”). Compare adolescent.
Used in a sentence
“The young not only differs from the adult by the presence of its gills, but its feet are only developed by degrees, and in several genera there are also a deciduous beak and tail, and intestines of a different form”
“an adult human, animal, or plant”
“The paws of the adult brown bear, and also their hams, especially when smoked, are considered a great delicacy.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Grown-up”5 letters
02“Grown-up person”5 letters
03“Grown person”5 letters
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