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Pronunciation / Transliteration: danseongsaengsik-ui
"연어는 일생에 단 한 번 번식하고 죽는 단성생식(일회 번식) 동물이다."
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Characterized by a single reproductive episode before death.
"Pacific salmon are famously semelparous, spawning once in their lifetime and dying shortly afterward."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'semel' meaning 'once' and 'parere' meaning 'to beget' or 'to bring forth', combined with the English adjectival suffix '-ous'. Coined in ecological terminology during the 20th century to describe organisms that reproduce only once before dying.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Semelparous" is said worldwide
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sémelpare
Transliteration: sémelpare
"Le saumon est une espèce sémelpare qui meurt après la reproduction."
semelpar
Transliteration: semelpar
"Pazifische Lachse sind semelpare Tiere, die sich nur einmal im Leben fortpflanzen."
semelparo
Transliteration: semelparo
"Molti insetti e alcune specie di pesci sono organismi semelipari."
sémeleparo
Transliteration: sémeleparo
"El pulpo común es considerado por algunos estudios como semélparo."
sêmelparo
Transliteration: sêmelparo
"Espécies sêmelparas investem toda a sua energia em um único evento reprodutivo."
एकबारप्रजक
Transliteration: ekbaar prajak
"सैमलपेरस जीव अपने जीवन में केवल एक बार प्रजनन करते हैं।"
一次性繁殖的
Transliteration: yī cì xìng fán zhí de
"太平洋大马哈鱼是典型的单次繁殖（一次性繁殖）生物。"
단성생식의
Transliteration: danseongsaengsik-ui
"연어는 일생에 단 한 번 번식하고 죽는 단성생식(일회 번식) 동물이다."
一回繁殖の
Transliteration: ikkai hanshoku no
"サケは一生に一度だけ繁殖して死ぬ一回繁殖型の魚です。"
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