noun🔗Share休眠、休止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)"The monarch butterfly enters diapause during the winter months, halting its development until warmer weather returns. "オオカバマダラは、暖かい天候が戻るまで、冬の間休眠に入り、発育を停止します。biologyphysiologyorganismanimalinsectfishenvironmentecologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading