voltinism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian volta (“a turn, winding”) + -ism.
Noun[edit]
voltinism (countable and uncountable, plural voltinisms)
- (biology) The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.
Related terms[edit]
- univoltine, univoltinism
- bivoltine
- divoltine
- hemivoltine
- merovoltine
- monovoltine
- multivoltine
- partivoltine
- polyvoltine
- semivoltine
Translations[edit]
the number of broods or generations of an organism in one year
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