Univoltine

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A univoltine organism.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having one brood or generation in a year not-comparable

    "How does an oligolege respond if its pollen hosts fail to bloom? Most oligoleges have one generation per year (univoltine), so adult emergence can and must synchronize with host bloom (e.g., Cane and Payne 1993)."

Synonyms

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monovoltine

Example

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"How does an oligolege respond if its pollen hosts fail to bloom? Most oligoleges have one generation per year (univoltine), so adult emergence can and must synchronize with host bloom (e.g., Cane and Payne 1993)."

Etymology

From French univoltin. By surface analysis, uni- + -voltine.

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