their wild counterparts

collocation in English

meaningsoftheir,wildandcounterpart

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their
determiner
uk
/ðeər/us
/ðer/
of or belonging ...
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wild
adjective
uk
/waɪld/us
/waɪld/
uncontrolled, violent, ...
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counterpart
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.tə.pɑːt/us
/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ.pɑːrt/
a person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place ...
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(Definition oftheir,wildandcounterpartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such physiological adaptation would not be necessary if it were possible to supply the mass-reared insects with food similar to that which their wild counterparts obtain in the natural environment.
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However carnivorous aquaculture species are unlikely to consume more natural marine resources through feed than their wild counterparts would consume in the natural environment.
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Most agricultural studies however, are more focused on comparing tolerance between damaged and undamaged crops, not between crops and their wild counterparts.
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Fish can escape from coastal pens, where they can interbreed with their wild counterparts, diluting wild genetic stocks.
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Domestic geese are much larger than their wild counterparts and tend to have thick necks, an upright posture, and large bodies with broad rear ends.
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Aquarium specimens are less tense than their wild counterparts.
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They remain as a group essentially indistinguishable in appearance or behaviour from their wild counterparts.
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Domesticated breeds show vast physical differences from their wild counterparts, notably an evolution that suggests neoteny, or the retention of juvenile characteristics in adults.
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Mature commercial birds may be twice as heavy as their wild counterparts.
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Pet rats behave differently from their wild counterparts depending on how many generations they have been kept as pets.
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Actual tame ducks were used to lure their wild counterparts into the decoy.
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For example, captive crocodilians exposed to constant temperature, diet, and photoperiod, still exhibit the periodic and cyclical skeletal growth banding of their wild counterparts.
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This allows them to mature and reproduce more quickly than their wild counterparts.
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English or show budgerigars are about twice as large as their wild counterparts, and with a larger size and puffier head feathers have a boldly exaggerated look.
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Captive-bred ferrets used for the reintroduction projects were found to be smaller than their wild counterparts, though these animals rapidly attained historical body sizes once released.
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