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Organism vs Voltinism - What's the difference?

organism | voltinism |

In biology|lang=en terms the difference between organism and voltinism

is that organism is (biology) a discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism while voltinism is (biology) the number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.

As nouns the difference between organism and voltinism

is that organism is (biology) a discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism while voltinism is (biology) the number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.

organism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • (by extension) Any complex thing with properties normally associated with living things.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * free-living organism * organismal * organismic

    voltinism

    Noun

  • (biology) The number of broods or generations of an organism in one year.