univoltine

English

Etymology

uni- +‎ -voltine

Adjective

univoltine (not comparable)

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

     How does an oligolege respond if its pollen hosts fail to bloom? Most oligoleges have one generation per year (univoltine), so adult emergence can and must synchronize with host bloom (e.g., Cane and Payne 1993).

Noun

univoltine (plural univoltines)

1. (biology) A univoltine organism.

Related terms

• univoltinism

Translations

having one brood or generation in a year

• Italian: univoltino

Italian

Adjective

univoltine f

1. feminine plural of univoltino