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Definition of diapause in English: diapausenoun ˈdʌɪəpɔːzˈdīəˌpôz mass nounZoology A period of suspended development in an insect, other invertebrate, or mammal embryo, especially during unfavourable environmental conditions. Example sentencesExamples - Many of the insects that go into diapause are eggs and pupae awaiting the arrival of spring and its bounty of food before hatching into adults, Holscher said.
- Eggs hatching from diapause introduce to current environments species or genotypes laid at times in the distant past.
- These ridges indicate the period of diapause during the winter or unfavorable environmental conditions, such as lower water level or lack of food.
- Their reproductive cycle is characterized by a period of embryonic diapause, during which the blastocyst suspends implantation and development.
- By the third week, most females will be laying progeny that will enter diapause.
verbˈdʌɪəpɔːzˈdīəˌpôz [no object]usually as adjective diapausingZoology (of an insect or other animal) undergo a period of suspended development. Example sentencesExamples - The larval generation and adult flight order is as indicated because offspring from third-flight individuals overwinter as diapausing pupae and emerge the following spring.
- Migratory birds and diapausing insects are present throughout the arctic, and thus overall herbivory in arctic systems may remain highly seasonal.
- They continue this pattern until they diapause in the leaf litter, where they over-winter, emerging in the spring as orange caterpillars with numerous dark brown, tufted spines.
- Active individuals only reappear in the water column in autumn when diapausing eggs begin hatching in autumn after fish predation intensity declines.
- Eggs diapause over winter, and development resumes after the spring thaw.
Origin Late 19th century: from dia- 'through' + the noun pause. Definition of diapause in US English: diapausenounˈdīəˌpôz Zoology A period of suspended development in an insect, other invertebrate, or mammal embryo, especially during unfavorable environmental conditions. Example sentencesExamples - Many of the insects that go into diapause are eggs and pupae awaiting the arrival of spring and its bounty of food before hatching into adults, Holscher said.
- Eggs hatching from diapause introduce to current environments species or genotypes laid at times in the distant past.
- These ridges indicate the period of diapause during the winter or unfavorable environmental conditions, such as lower water level or lack of food.
- Their reproductive cycle is characterized by a period of embryonic diapause, during which the blastocyst suspends implantation and development.
- By the third week, most females will be laying progeny that will enter diapause.
verbˈdīəˌpôz [no object]usually as adjective diapausingZoology (of an insect or other animal) undergo a period of suspended development. Example sentencesExamples - Migratory birds and diapausing insects are present throughout the arctic, and thus overall herbivory in arctic systems may remain highly seasonal.
- The larval generation and adult flight order is as indicated because offspring from third-flight individuals overwinter as diapausing pupae and emerge the following spring.
- Eggs diapause over winter, and development resumes after the spring thaw.
- They continue this pattern until they diapause in the leaf litter, where they over-winter, emerging in the spring as orange caterpillars with numerous dark brown, tufted spines.
- Active individuals only reappear in the water column in autumn when diapausing eggs begin hatching in autumn after fish predation intensity declines.
Origin Late 19th century: from dia- ‘through’ + the noun pause. |