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multivoltine
multivoltine adj. 
/ˌməltiˈvɑlˌtaɪn/, /ˌməlˌtaɪˈvɔlˌtaɪn/, /ˌməlˌtaɪˈvɑlˌtaɪn/, /ˌməltəˈvɔlˌtaɪn/, /ˌməltəˈvɑlˌtaɪn/ [ < multi- comb. form + -voltine (in univoltine n. and adj.); compare bivoltine adj.] Entomology producing several broods or generations in a year.
Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈvɒltʌɪn/
, /ˌmʌltɪˈvɒltʌɪn/U.S. /ˌməltiˈvɔlˌtaɪn/
, /ˌməltiˈvɔlˌtaɪn//ˌməltiˈvɑlˌtaɪn//ˌməlˌtaɪˈvɔlˌtaɪn//ˌməlˌtaɪˈvɑlˌtaɪn//ˌməltəˈvɔlˌtaɪn//ˌməltəˈvɑlˌtaɪn/ΘΚΠ
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multivoltine1872
1872 J. Geoghegan Silk in India i. 23 In 1866 experiments were tried..with so-called Japan bivoltine and multivoltine seed.
1883 G. Watt Econ. Products India iii. 66 The multivoltine worms are confined chiefly to Bengal, where they produce three chief crops.
1972 Science 12 May 601/2 Most tropical bees..are long-lived and multivoltine.
1997 Jrnl. Insect Physiol. 43 701 The cabbage butterfly, Pieris melete is multivoltine with a pupal summer and winter diapause.
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