JUVENILE (ORGANISM)


A 'juvenile' is an individual organism that has not yet reached its adult form, sexual maturity or size.
In many organisms the juvenile has a different name from the adult, see List of animal names.
Juveniles sometimes look very different to the adult form, particularly in terms of their colour.
Young wild boar suckling from adult female. Here, juvenile colouring acts as a form of camouflage


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