cross-foster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters.

Word forms

cross-foster cross-fosters cross-fostering cross-fostered

Etymology

From cross- + foster.

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