young-bearing

1. 1.

   capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring

   Synonymsegg-producing

   Similarfemale

Questions about young-bearing

What does young-bearing mean?

young-bearing means "capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring".

How many syllables are in young-bearing?

young-bearing has 4 syllables and divides as y-oung--bea-ring under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for young-bearing?

Close synonyms include egg-producing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.