Subitaneous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Subitaneous is an adjective meaning (of the young of a species) Immediately developing (as contrasted with e.g. diapausing).
Meaning
(of the young of a species) Immediately developing (as contrasted with e.g. diapausing).
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Sudden; suddenly done or made.
Example Sentences
... subitaneous (immediately developing) and diapausing (dormant) eggs, brood retention, environmental sex determination and suppression of meiosis in subitaneous eggs. The production of subitaneous and diapausing eggs is[…]
... subitaneous or resting. This is enough to make the Calanoida eggs (about 104–106 m-2 of bottom area) more abundant than those of Rotifera (about 104 m-2) and Cladocera (about 103–105 m-2) in sediment assemblages (Hairston 1996). Among[…]
... subitaneous offspring (Arbačiauskas 1998). The larger early fecundity at high food concentrations resulted in higher fitness of post-diapause females also in D. magna; however, a trend for a higher fitness in subitaneous offspring was[…]
Synonyms for subitaneous
Depending on context, synonyms include abrupt, precipitous, spontaneous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subitany, suddain, subventaneous, suppedaneous, subreptive, subterrany.
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