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A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, entomology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology
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To undergo diapause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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From Ancient Greek διάπαυσις (diápausis, “pause, cessation”). By surface analysis, dia- + -pause.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
diapaussi
— a temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism
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French:
diapause
— a temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism
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German:
Dormanz
— a temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism
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German:
Diapause
— a temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism
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Hungarian:
diapauza
— a temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism
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Romanian:
diapauză
— a temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism
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Swedish:
diapaus
— a temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism
