sesquiennial
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Occurring once every one and a half years (i.e. once every 18 months, or twice every three years); sesquiannual.
— The endemic Australian sea lion is one of the world's rarest and most unusual seals: rare in terms of very small numbers and unusual in its having a sesquiennial reproductive cycle. [Australian sea lions' breeding cycle is a 17-18 month aseasonal one.]
词源
From Latin sesquiennium (compare sesqui- and biennial).
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