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PRONUNCIATION OF SEMELPAROUS

semelparous  [ˈsɛməlˌpærəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEMELPAROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Semelparous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEMELPAROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

semelparous

Semelparity and iteroparity

Semelparity and iteroparity refer to the reproductive strategy of an organism. A species is considered semelparous if it is characterized by a single reproductive episode before death, and iteroparous if it is characterized by multiple reproductive cycles over the course of its lifetime. Some plant scientists use the parallel terms monocarpy and polycarpy. In truly semelparous species, death after reproduction is part of an overall strategy that includes putting all available resources into maximizing reproduction, at the expense of future life. In any iteroparous population there will be some individuals who die between their first and second reproductive episodes, but unless this is part of a syndrome of programmed death after reproduction, this would not be called semelparity. This distinction is also related to the difference between annual and perennial plants. An annual is a plant that completes its life cycle in a single season, and is usually semelparous. Perennials live for more than one season and are usually iteroparous.

Definition of semelparous in the English dictionary

The definition of semelparous in the dictionary is Also: hapaxanthic, monocarpic. producing flowers and fruit only once before dying. Other definition of semelparous is producing offspring only once during its lifetime.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEMELPAROUS


antivirus
ˈæntɪˌvaɪrəs
arras
ˈærəs
Cyprus
ˈsaɪprəs
Cyrus
ˈsaɪrəs
dangerous
ˈdeɪndʒərəs
debarrass
diːˈbærəs
disembarrass
ˌdɪsɪmˈbærəs
embarrass
ɪmˈbærəs
generous
ˈdʒɛnərəs
glamourous
ˈɡlæmərəs
harass
ˈhærəs
Honduras
hɒnˈdjʊərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
iteroparous
ˈɪtərəʊˌpærəs
narras
ˈnærəs
nonparous
nɒnˈpærəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
Taurus
ˈtɔːrəs
terrace
ˈtɛrəs
virus
ˈvaɪrəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEMELPAROUS

seme
semeiologic
semeiological
semeiologist
semeiology
semeion
semeiotic
semeiotician
semeiotics
Semele
semelparity
sememe
sememic
semen
Semeroe
Semeru
semester
semestral
semestrial
semi

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEMELPAROUS

barbarous
biparous
cellarous
deiparous
fetiparous
fissiparous
gemmiparous
glamorous
multiparous
nectarous
nulliparous
omniparous
oviparous
ovoviviparous
primiparous
pupiparous
semioviparous
sudoriparous
uniparous
uriniparous
viviparous

Synonyms and antonyms of semelparous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «semelparous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEMELPAROUS

Find out the translation of semelparous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

semelparous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

semélparos
570 millions of speakers

English

semelparous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

semelparous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أحادية الإنجاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

semelparous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

semelparous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

semelparous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sémelpare
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sememangnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

semelparous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

semelparous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

semelparous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Semelparous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

semelparous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

semelparous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धवट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

semelparous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

semelparous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

semelparous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

semelparous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semelparous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

semelparous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

semelparous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

semelparous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

semelparous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of semelparous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMELPAROUS»

The term «semelparous» is used very little and occupies the 172.419 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMELPAROUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about semelparous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEMELPAROUS»

Discover the use of semelparous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to semelparous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plant Reproductive Ecology : Patterns and Strategies: ...
AGE-SPECIFIC REPRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT Both semelparous and iteroparous species exist among the algae. Alternative reproductive pathways are shown in Fig. 13.1, as are some of the conditions that may select for ...
Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust Professor of Biology the University of Windsor, 1988
2
Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
Order Atheriniformes Family Atherinidae (silversides) 160 species; Labidesthes sicculus is semelparous; tmax, 1 year (Hubbs, 1921; Nelson, 1984). Order Gasterosteiformes Family Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks) 7 species with complex ...
Caleb E. Finch, 1994
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Evolutionary Ecology of Freshwater Animals: Concepts and ...
Evolution of iteroparity and indeterminate growth In a seminal paper, Cole (1954) suggested that for a semelparous species, the gain in the rate of increase from switching to iteroparity is equal to increasing the average semelparous clutch ...
Bruno Streit, Thomas Stadler, Curtis M. Lively, 1997
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Ecology: Principles and Applications
Theoretical ecologists have tried to predict which species should be semelparous and which iteroparous. Unfortunately, as is often the case. it is easier to produce such theoretical models than to obtain the data to test them. One study which ...
J. L. Chapman, M. J. Reiss, 1999
5
Introduction to Plant Population Biology
One might expect that the huge crops of seed produced by semelparous perennials would compete with one another as seedlings and that this might alter the shape of the fecundity curve towards iteroparity (Young & Augspurger 1991), but ...
Jonathan Silvertown, Deborah Charlesworth, 2009
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The Princeton Guide to Ecology
Now let us set FA to 0.9 (90% of adults survive a year) and BI and BS to 0.5 and 2.5, respectively (the semelparous organism produces on average two more offspring per year than does the iteroparous organism). If D1⁄4 0, all years are the  ...
Simon A. Levin, Stephen R. Carpenter, H. Charles J. Godfray, 2009
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The Biology of Moral Systems
the semelparous organism will tend to a greater degree to maintain its vigor, or prevent any senescence, until reproduction actually occurs. This is so because the iteroparous organism undergoes a gradual reduction in the proportion of its ...
Richard D. Alexander, 1987
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Life History Evolution in Plants
Botanists often use the terms "monocarpic" and "polycarpic" rather than " semelparous" and "iteroparous", respectively (Harper 1977, Willson 1983). In modular plants it is not easy to define what -"breeding once" and "breeding repeatedly" ...
Timo Olavi Vuorisalo, P. Mutikainen, 2001
9
Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes
Semelparous North American freshwater fishes include some populations of American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), most populations and species of Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp., excluding nonmigratory Cutthroat and Rainbow trout), ...
Stephen T. Ross Ph. D., 2013
10
Evolutionary Biology of Aging
The great exception to the general rarity of aging in the wild is the dramatic deterioration exhibited by semelparous organisms after their single bout of reproduction. (Semelparous refers to organisms that reproduce only once during their ...
Irvine Michael R. Rose Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEMELPAROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term semelparous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Australian marsupials face extinction because their 'suicidal sex' is …
Caribbean reef squid, Pacific salmon and plenty of arachnids also engage in semelparous, or 'big-bang reproduction'. But it is rare for mammals to employ such ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
2
Outdoors: Spring shad fishing runs on the horizon
The shad is very unusual in that it's life cycle depends on where it is found along the coast. Fish native to Florida and the Carolinas are semelparous, that is they ... «Gloucester Daily Times, Apr 15»
3
For vampire squids, the longer their reproductive cycles, the longer …
“It could be that vampire squid cannot mobilize enough energy for one reproductive cycle – as other semelparous coleoid cephalopods can – to provide enough ... «The Standard Daily, Apr 15»
4
Fertility is Kaput, but Life Goes On
Semelparous organisms are those that have evolved to reproduce in one big burst. All of them, to my knowledge, are also evolved to die promptly after ... «ScienceBlog.com, Mar 15»
5
New to nature No 139: Antechinus arktos
... save the species from extinction. Like other members of its genus, A arktos is short-lived and semelparous, that is, males reproduce only once in their lifetime. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
6
Century plant blooms after 30 years
... Texas, but cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant. Its common name derives from its semelparous nature of flowering only once at the end of its long life. «St. Augustine Record, Oct 14»
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Century plant growing in Crawford woman's yard
The plant typically lives 10 to 30 years. Its common name derives from its semelparous nature of flowering only once at the end of its long life. The plant dies after ... «Online Athens, Jul 14»
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Salmon have "inherited magnetic map" for migration: study
The fish, which hatch in freshwater but migrate to sea and spend several years foraging in the ocean like other species of semelparous Pacific salmon, had not ... «VietNamNet Bridge, Feb 14»
9
Studi: Ikan Salem Warisi Peta Magnetik Migrasi
... tapi bermigrasi ke laut dan menghabiskan waktu beberapa tahun untuk berkelana di samudra seperti spesies lain semelparous Pacific salmon, belum pernah ... «Republika Online, Feb 14»
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QJScience: Sperm competition in the animal world
The term for animals that have one reproductive episode before death is semelparous. In the case of antechinus, males reach sexual maturity at approximately ... «Queen's Journal, Oct 13»

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