单词 | polygoneutic |
释义 | † polygoneuticadj. Entomology. Obsolete. rare. Of an insect: producing several broods in a year. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > reproducing specific number of times > in a year polygoneutic1875 univoltine1883 1875 W. H. Edwards in Canad. Entomologist 7 230 He [sc. August Weismann] then goes on to state that [Vanessa] levana has not only two generations in a year, but three, and is polygoneutic. 1876 Amer. Naturalist 10 604 Our common species of Eurymus..are triple-brooded in the north (perhaps polygoneutic farther south). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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