univoltine

English

Etymology

From French univoltin.[1] By surface analysis, uni- +‎ -voltine.

Adjective

univoltine (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Having one brood or generation in a year
    • 2006, Nickolas M. Waser, Jeff Ollerton, Plant-Pollinator Interactions: From Specialization to Generalization:
      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).

Noun

univoltine (plural univoltines)

  1. (biology) A univoltine organism.

Translations

References

  1. ^ “univoltine, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Italian

Adjective

univoltine f

  1. feminine plural of univoltino
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