noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

homomicticmonomictic

Etymology

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

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