bivoltine

English

Alternative forms

• bivoltin (dated)

Etymology

From bi- +‎ -voltine.

Adjective

bivoltine (not comparable)

1. (biology) Having two broods or generations in a year
   • 2006, Nickolas M. Waser, Jeff Ollerton, Plant-Pollinator Interactions: From Specialization to Generalization:

     Interestingly, a few oligoleges such as Calliopsis hesperia equina and C. helianthi are reportedly bivoltine (Rozen 1958).

Noun

bivoltine (plural bivoltines)

1. (biology) A bivoltine organism.

Related terms

• bivoltinism
• univoltine

Translations

having two broods or generations in a year

• Italian: bivoltino

Italian

Adjective

bivoltine f

1. feminine plural of bivoltino