Relating to or describing an organism that reproduces a second time or produces offspring in a secondary reproductive phase.
From Greek deuteros (second) + tokous (bearing, producing offspring). A biological term describing patterns of reproduction, particularly reproduction that occurs secondarily or in stages.
Many insects and crustaceans are deuterotokous—they don't just reproduce once and die; they have multiple breeding seasons or can produce several generations of offspring throughout their lifetime.
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