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English
Etymology
From bi- + -voltine.
Adjective
bivoltine (not comparable)
- (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)
- (biology) A bivoltine organism.
Translations
having two broods or generations in a year
Italian
Adjective
bivoltine f
- feminine plural of bivoltino