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Subitaneous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Sudden; suddenly done or made. obsolete
  2. 2
    Immediately developing (as contrasted with e.g. diapausing).

    "... subitaneous (immediately developing) and diapausing (dormant) eggs, brood retention, environmental sex determination and suppression of meiosis in subitaneous eggs. The production of subitaneous and diapausing eggs is[…]"

Etymology

From Latin subitaneus. Doublet of sudden.

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