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hand-rear

Syllabification: (hand-rear)
Definition of hand-rear

verb

[with object]
  • (of a person) feed and care for (a young animal) until it is fully grown: the baby gorillas were hand-reared by zookeepers after being rejected by their mothers (as adj hand-reared)hand-reared pheasants

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