rearing

Etymology

From Middle English rerynge (“raising”).

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of rear

noun

  1. Act of raising young.
    In queening his apiary, he aims to keep about half of the queens of the current season's rearing, and the other of the summer preceding. 1896, The Progressive Bee-keeper, page 320
    We studied blowfly rearings in various environmental conditions.

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