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  • verb To remove an offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters

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Examples

  • Zoologists at the Smithsonian National Zoo cross-foster a cheetah cub

    CNN.com 2011

  • Zoologists at the Smithsonian National Zoo cross-foster a cheetah cub

    CNN.com 2011

  • The Smithsonian staff say it's better to cross-foster than to bottle-feed because cubs are easier to breed in the future if they were mothered than if they were hand-raised.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

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