Life Cycle (Noun)
Meaning 1
A series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The life cycle of a butterfly includes four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
- The biologist studied the life cycle of a specific species of plant to understand its growth patterns.
- The life cycle of a salmon involves migration from saltwater to freshwater to spawn and lay eggs.
- The stages of the human life cycle are birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age.
- The life cycle of a cell includes phases of growth, replication, and division.
Meaning 2
The course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.