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单词 polygoneutic
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polygoneuticadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: poly- comb. form, -goneutic comb. form.
Etymology: < poly- comb. form + -goneutic comb. form, after German Polygoneuont (see -goneutic comb. form). Compare Hellenistic Greek πολυγονεῖσθαι to multiply. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫ:ligoniū·tik) /ˌpɒlɪɡəʊˈnjuːtɪk/.
Entomology. Obsolete. rare.
Of an insect: producing several broods in a year.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > reproducing specific number of times > in a year
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1875 W. H. Edwards in Canad. Entomologist 7 230 He [sc. August Weismann] then goes on to state that [Vanessa] levana has not only two generations in a year, but three, and is polygoneutic.
1876 Amer. Naturalist 10 604 Our common species of Eurymus..are triple-brooded in the north (perhaps polygoneutic farther south).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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