adult
     adj : (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
           woman" [syn: big, full-grown, fully grown, grown,
            grownup]
     n 1: a fully developed person from maturity onward [syn: grownup]
          [ant: juvenile]
     2: any mature animal

Adult \A*dult"\, a. [L. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to
   alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte. See Adolescent, Old.]
   Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength;
   matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult
   age.

Adult \A*dult"\, n.
   A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength;
   one who has reached maturity.

   Note: In the common law, the term is applied to a person who
         has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil
         law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females
         after twelve.