subitaneous
subitaneous adjective: sudden; suddenly done or made.
Adjective
subitaneous (comparative more subitaneous, superlative most subitaneous)
- Sudden; suddenly done or made.
- 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[…]1989 October 31, Roger Neville Hughes, Functional Biology of Clonal Animals, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 136
- ... subitaneous or resting. This is enough to make the Calanoida eggs (about 104–106 m-2 of bottom area) more abundant than those of Rotifera (about 104 m-2) and Cladocera (about 103–105 m-2) in sediment assemblages (Hairston 1996). Among[…]2019 August 2, S. J. Hawkins, A. L. Allcock, A. E. Bates, L. B. Firth, I. P. Smith, S. E. Swearer, P. A. Todd, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An annual review. Volume 57, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 17
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Forms of subitaneous
| comparative | more subitaneous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most subitaneous |
Origin of subitaneous
From Latin subitaneus. Doublet of sudden.
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Questions about subitaneous
- What does subitaneous mean?
- Subitaneous means sudden; suddenly done or made.
- What part of speech is subitaneous?
- Subitaneous is an adjective.
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