单词 | double-brooded |
释义 | > as lemmasdouble-brooded 2. Having a brood (chiefly in combination as double-brooded). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > bearing more than one at a time multiparous1646 multiparient1788 brooded1857 pluriparous1866 polytocous1924 1857 H. T. Stainton Man. Brit. Butterflies & Moths I. 37 Vanessa—all the species are single-brooded, except Urticæ, of which there appears to be a succession of broods during the summer. double-brooded double-brooded adj. producing two broods in the year or season, as some insects; also of birds. ΚΠ 1932 E. Step Bees, Wasps, Ants & Allied Insects 195 Another double-brooded species..is Claudius rufipes. 1953 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles I. 117 In the opinion of the above authority the species [sc. the citril finch] is..double-brooded. < as lemmas |
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