gerontic
(ʒəˈrɒn tɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to the last phase in the life cycle of an organism or in the life history of a species.
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plasmodial
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle
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generation
(ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one complete life cycle.
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monomorphic
(ˌmɒn əˈmɔr fɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Biol. having the same basic form throughout the life cycle.
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perennial
(əˈrɛn i əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years.
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pleomorphism
(ˌpli əˈmɔr fɪz əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the occurrence of two or more forms in the life cycle of an organism.
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generation
(ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of the alternate phases that complete a life cycle having more than one phase:
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monogenesis
(əˈnɒdʒ ə ni)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
reproduction without dissimilar forms in the life cycle of an organism.
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oocyst
(ˈoʊ əˌsɪst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans.
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two-year
(biennial, two-year)
Princeton's WordNet
having a life cycle lasting two seasons
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one-year
(annual, one-year)
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completing its life cycle within a year
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annual
(annual, one-year)
Princeton's WordNet
completing its life cycle within a year
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biennial
(biennial, two-year)
Princeton's WordNet
having a life cycle lasting two seasons
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intermediate host
(intermediate host)
Princeton's WordNet
a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle
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monogenesis
(əˈnɒdʒ ə ni)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
parasitism on a single host during the entire life cycle of an organism.
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autoecious
(ɔˈti ʃəs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
spending all stages of the life cycle on one host, as certain parasitic fungi.
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plasmodium
Webster Dictionary
a naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms
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recapitulate
(ˌri kəˈpɪtʃ əˌleɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to repeat (ancestral evolutionary stages) during embryonic development or during a life cycle.
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menopause
(menopause, climacteric, change of life)
Princeton's WordNet
the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
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change of life
(menopause, climacteric, change of life)
Princeton's WordNet
the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
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trophozoite
(trophozoite)
Princeton's WordNet
a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle
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alternation of generations
(alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis)
Princeton's WordNet
the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
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xenogenesis
(alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis)
Princeton's WordNet
the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
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climacteric
(menopause, climacteric, change of life)
Princeton's WordNet
the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
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heterogenesis
(alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis)
Princeton's WordNet
the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
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pioneer
(ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren area, thus starting an ecological cycle of life.
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pleomorphism
(pleomorphism)
Princeton's WordNet
(biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms
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heteroecious
(heteroecious)
Princeton's WordNet
of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species
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teliospore
(teliospore)
Princeton's WordNet
a chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust fungus
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biennial
(ɪˈɛn i əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a plant) requiring two years to complete a life cycle; blooming and forming seeds in the second year.
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