Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A silkworm which yields four crops of cocoons a year.
- Having four crops of cocoons each year, and therefore having four generations annually: said of certain races of the silkworm of commerce.
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- adjective Having four
broods orlitters in one year.
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reesetee commented on the word quadrivoltine
1. Having four broods in one year.
2. A creature that does this.
October 18, 2007