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  • noun Plural form of littermate.

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Examples

  • Krm2-deficient mice to 24 weeks of age and observed a marked increase of the trabecular bone volume compared to wildtype littermates, which is caused by a more than three-fold increase of bone formation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010

  • The Lannisters and their minions were responsible for most of the disturbing scenes: Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) gleefully bullying Mycah, the butcher boy; the casual way Mycah's dead body was draped over a horse; and the senseless killing of Sansa's direwolf Lady (which triggered her direwolf littermates and Bran into wakefulness).

    Game of Thrones' Most Chilling Moment: A Dagger in the Night 2011

  • First Sable and Mack and when they moved on (Mack 2003 to cancer) and (Sable 2007oleage) and now the great 5xs nephews of Mack&sable Stryker and Dakota littermates and 14months old.

    Welcome to the New F&S Dog Blog 2009

  • He is survived by his mom and two littermates, Unnamed Male Kitten and Unnamed Female Kitten.

    Pray for My Kitten! nissa_amas_katoj 2009

  • First Sable and Mack and when they moved on (Mack 2003 to cancer) and (Sable 2007oleage) and now the great 5xs nephews of Mack&sable Stryker and Dakota littermates and 14months old.

    Welcome to the New F&S Dog Blog 2009

  • Mice establish a social hierarchy, especially when housed with non-littermates.

    Urology Division Research 2010

  • He is survived by his mom and two littermates, Unnamed Male Kitten and Unnamed Female Kitten.

    Archive 2009-05-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2009

  • Much to our surprise, the mice with the gene deletion developed less hypertrophy than their normal littermates.

    Urology Division Research 2010

  • Two of his littermates were 1945 NFC Black Magic of Audlon and My dog (Banks) 's mom.

    Field & Stream 2010

  • I was in the midst of writing this book on how to coach one dog in thirty days, and I loved the challenge of coaching two dogs littermates, no less in half that time.

    30 Days to a Well-Mannered Dog Tamar Geller 2010

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