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  • noun the average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant

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  • noun the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)

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  • gestation period – the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)

    July 14, 2008