| life cycle 
 
 1. a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage (Freq. 1)
 • Hypernyms:
 organic phenomenon
 2. the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced
 • Hypernyms:
 growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
 
 
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