- present tense form of alleviate (3rd person singular).
alleviates
Example Sentences
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The eggs A hatch in shallow streams, releasing larvae, or alevins B, which within a few months become juvenile fish called parr.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a few days from the first of the alevins beginning to feed, all of them will be working up with their heads to the current, darting at any particles floating in the water.
From Amateur Fish Culture by Walker, Charles Edward
For three to four months the eggs develop, and eventually there emerge the larv� or alevins, which lurk among the pebbles.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur
When hatched out and kept in water containing a very large quantity of air in solution, I found that sometimes alevins developed an air bubble in the yolk-sac.
From Amateur Fish Culture by Walker, Charles Edward
The water is at that time very cold, the development of the alevins is slow, and it is not until the latter part of May that the yolk sack is fully absorbed.
From New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century by Various
