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univoltin

univoltin is the dated form of univoltine.

Meaning of univoltine

Adjective

univoltine (not comparable)

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

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Questions about univoltin

What is univoltin the dated form of?
Univoltin is the dated form of univoltine.

Words near univoltin in the dictionary

  1. univocate
  2. univocation
  3. univocities
  4. univocity
  5. univocous
  6. univoltin
  7. univoltine
  8. univoltines
  9. univoltinism
  10. univorous
  11. univs

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