multivoltine

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

adjectiveEntomology.

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

Origin of multivoltine

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

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How to use multivoltine in a sentence

multivoltine, mul-ti-vol′tin, adj. having more than two annual broods—of silkworm moths and their larv.
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