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How to pronounce “diapause”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of diapause with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The Magical, Mesmerizing Migration of Monarch Butterflies
and they undergo a hormonal change in their bodies called the diapause.
- Definition summary
- (biology, entomology, ichthyology) A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)
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How to pronounce diapause
The Magical, Mesmerizing Migration of Monarch Butterflies

and they undergo a hormonal change in their bodies called the diapause.
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A Deep Dive Into “diapause”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (biology, entomology, ichthyology) A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To undergo diapause.
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