English Explanatory Dictionary

voltinism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.

Word forms

voltinism voltinisms

Etymology

From the combining form -voltine (as in bivoltine) + -ism.

Related words

bivoltine divoltine hemivoltine merovoltine monovoltine multivoltine partivoltine polyvoltine semivoltine univoltine univoltinism

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