bivoltine
English
Alternative forms
- bivoltin (dated)
Etymology
bi- + -voltine
Adjective
bivoltine (not comparable)
- (biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
- 2006, Nickolas M. Waser, Jeff Ollerton, Plant-Pollinator Interactions: From Specialization to Generalization:
- Interestingly, a few oligoleges such as Calliopsis hesperia equina and C. helianthi are reportedly bivoltine (Rozen 1958).
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Translations
having two broods or generations in a year
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