voltinism
English
noun
Definitions
- (biology) The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian volta (a turn, rotation, winding, vault, turn).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
volta
Gloss
a turn, rotation, winding, vault, turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- multivoltinism English
- univoltinism English
- volta English
- volūtus Latin
- Volte German
- bolt Hungarian
- capovolta Italian
- stavolta Italian
- tuttavolta Italian
- volta Italian
- voltafaccia Italian
- voltaggio Italian
- volteggiare Italian
- volte French
- βόλτα Greek (modern)