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subitaneous

adj

Etymology

From Latin subitaneus. Doublet of sudden.

  1. derived from subitaneus

Definitions

  1. Sudden

    Sudden; suddenly done or made.

  2. Immediately developing (as contrasted with e.g. diapausing).

    • ... 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[…]

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Derived

subitaneously, subitaneousness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for subitaneous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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