Usually means: Time for fetal development, pregnancy.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. gestation period: Merriam-Webster
  2. gestation period: Vocabulary.com
  3. gestation period: Wiktionary
  4. gestation period: Dictionary.com
  5. Gestation period: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. gestation period: Rhymezone
  7. gestation period: FreeDictionary.org
  8. gestation period: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. gestation period: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gestation period: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gestation period: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. gestation period: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Gestation period, Period, gestation: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. gestation period: Medical dictionary
  5. Gestation period, Period, gestation: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gestation period)

noun:  the average interval between fertilization and birth of a mammal; ranges from 13 days for the opossum to 626 days for the Indian elephant

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