voltinism

English

Etymology

From Italian volta (“a turn, winding”) +‎ -ism.

Noun

voltinism (countable and uncountable, plural voltinisms)

1. (biology) The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.

Related terms

• univoltine, univoltinism
• bivoltine
• divoltine
• hemivoltine
• merovoltine
• monovoltine
• multivoltine
• partivoltine
• polyvoltine
• semivoltine

Translations

the number of broods or generations of an organism in one year

• French: voltinisme (fr) m
• Italian: voltinismo m