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life cycle
- pronunciation:
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noun |
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the continuous changes undergone by an organism in its development from its earliest stage until it is able to reproduce.
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a series of such changes.
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associated with length of life cycle |
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annual, biennial, life span, perennial |
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changes in life cycle |
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aging, birth, death, growth, metamorphosis |
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opposite of life cycle |
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death, extinction |
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some actions associated with life cycle |
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feed, grow, move, reproduce |
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some stages of human life cycle |
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adolescent, adult, baby, child, elder, embryo, infant, juvenile, newborn, senior citizen, teenager, toddler, tot, youngster, youth |
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some things that affect life cycle |
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food, oxygen, sunlight, temperature, water |
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some things that are life cycle |
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animal, bacteria, fungus, human, microbe, parasite, plant, protozoan, virus |
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study of life cycle |
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biology, ecology, philosophy |
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