body length
- noun
- Measuring the body length of the fish is essential for understanding its growth.
- body length and girth
- body length and height
- weight and body length
Examples
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Hence, for the prediction of live weight in female lambs, the best combination was between body length and heart girth.
Academic text (2014) -
Similarly, in the age group 7-9 months, the value of the coefficient of determination is higher for body length and heart girth (18.9%) compared to other body measurements.
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Seals on land were typically close to each other, often within a body length.
Academic text (1997) -
The hecatomb is equally pronounced in each round, and the population moves but one body length toward its goal each time.
Academic text (1990) -
Therefore, the best combination for estimation of body weight in this age group was body length and height at wither.
Academic text (2014) -
Body length (BL) was measured from the point of shoulder to the pin bone.
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To predict the weight of Kajli sheep, three body measurements (wither height, body length, and heart girth) were recorded on each animal.
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In the case of grey seals on land, locomotion is typically brief as females tend to stay within a few body lengths of their pups, with only the rare long-distance trip to a pool of water 41, 42.
Academic text (2018) -
Similarly, in the age group of 7-9 months, the value of the coefficient of determination was higher for body length and height at wither (28.6%) compared to other body measurements.
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The cat is 1 meter in body length from its head to its tail.
Synonyms
The distance from one end to the other of something
The distance from the bottom to the top of a person or thing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the measurement from head to feet/tail' is transparently derived from combining 'body' (physical structure) with 'length' (linear measurement); a learner who knows both words can readily infer the phrase refers to how long a body is. This noun–noun compounding follows common, cross-linguistically available composition patterns, so it should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The term body length comes from measuring the length of a person's or animal's body from head to feet or tail. If one horse is a body length ahead, it is one whole 'body' in front of the other, so the phrase means 'a distance equal to the animal's own body'.