What is "voltinism"

n. (context biology English) The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.

Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is most often applied to insects, and is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism.

• Univoltine - (adjective) referring to organisms having one brood or generation per year
• Bivoltine - (adjective) referring to organisms having two broods or generations per year
• Multivoltine - (adjective) referring to organisms having more than two broods or generations per year
• Semivoltine - (adjective) referring to organisms whose generation time is more than one year