quadrivoltine

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  1. A silkworm which yields four crops of cocoons a year.
  2. Having four crops of cocoons each year, and therefore having four generations annually: said of certain races of the silkworm of commerce.

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  1. from Latin quattuor (quadri-), = English four, + Italian volta, turn, time, + -ine.
 

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