sexual maturity

常見例句

In spiders as in people, it seems, mating preferences are decided before sexual maturity.
ECONOMIST: Female spiders are picky lovers
This means a generation of only children is now reaching sexual maturity.
ECONOMIST: China rediscovers the joy of sex
Among the species threatened by bottom fishing is the orange roughy, which lives for more than a century and takes decades to reach sexual maturity: in those gloomy depths, creatures aren't used to sudden events.
ECONOMIST: Marine conservation