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litter Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 small pieces of rubbish that have been left lying on the ground in public places:
- About two percent of fast-food packaging ends up as litter.
1 a group of animals that are born at the same time and have the same mother:
- a litter of kittens
2 dried grass or plant stems used by animals as a bed
3 a substance that is put in a container to be used as a toilet by pets:
- cat/pet litter
4 to spread across an area or place untidily:
- The park was littered with bottles and cans after the concert.
- Dirty clothes littered the floor of her bedroom.
- The newspaper has a reputation for being littered with spelling mistakes.
- People who litter often have no pride in the area.
5 pieces of paper and other small objects that have been thrown out and are left on the ground in public places
6 a group of animals born at the same time and having the same mother
7 to throw pieces of paper and other small objects on the ground in public places:
- The park was littered with bottles and soda cans after the concert.

Approximately 3 kg of fresh litter obtained from the removal-treatment plots and the surrounding area was added to the addition-treatment plots.
This study reveals the importance of litter-cover on the interactions between seedlings, herbivores and pathogens, as well as on the performance of tropical seedlings.
In their studies, litter turnover was estimated using litterfall and litter mass fractions >2 mm.
Measuring decomposition, nutrient turnover, and stores in plant litter.
These data are representative of assays performed with two independent litters of rat pups.
Top and sides of the enclosures were covered with 0.1-mm mesh screen to prevent migration of litter invertebrates and toads.
The experimental litter depths at each exclosure corresponded to the depths determined from natural chowchilla disturbances in that location.
The possible removal of fruits or seeds from litter traps by animals was carefully monitored and considered insignificant.