voltinism
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English
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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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