multivoltine

[muhl-ti-vohl-teen, -tn]

adjective Entomology.

producing several broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths; polyvoltine.

Origin of multivoltine

1870–75; multi- + Italian volt(a) turn, time + -ine¹

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Multivoltine, mul-ti-vol′tin, adj. having more than two annual broods—of silkworm moths and their larv.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
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