diapause

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)

verb

/ˈdaɪəpɔːz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diapause.wav

diapause diapauses diapausing diapaused

From Ancient Greek διάπαυσις (diápausis, “pause, cessation”). By surface analysis, dia- + -pause.

quiescence

diapausal diapaused diapausin diapausing nondiapause paradiapause postdiapause prediapause

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