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diapause

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di·a·pause  (d-pôz)
n. Zoology
A period during which growth or development is suspended and physiological activity is diminished, as in certain insects in response to adverse environmental conditions.
[Greek diapausis, pause, from diapauein, to pause : dia-, between; see dia- + pauein, to stop.]
diapause
a period of rest or quiescence between phases of growth or reproduction.
See also: Biology


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