dimictic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Having two thermal overturns per year.
  2. Exhibiting dimixis, in which mating is governed by two idiomorphs.

Word forms

dimictic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”). By surface analysis, di- + -mictic.

Related words

dimixis heteromictic
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