- present tense form of case (3rd person singular).
cases
Example Sentences
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Red-tailed hawk eyases will begin to grow flight feathers starting around three weeks.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2012
Over the next few weeks, they will begin flap-hopping, but don’t expect the eyases to start fledging until about the sixth week after hatching.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2012
For the first few weeks after fledging, the eyases are “branchers” — perching inconspicuously in lower branches.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2012
More than half of all eyases perish during the first year, and 20 percent die each year thereafter, based on banding return data.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2012
The eyases grew their second, heavier coat of natal down when they were about fourteen days old.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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