life cycle
- the series of developmental changes in form undergone by a particular type of organism from its earliest stage to the recurrence of the same stage in the next generation
- any series of changes like this
See life cycle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- The course of developmental changes through which an organism passes from its inception as a fertilized zygote to the mature state in which another zygote may be produced.
- A progression through a series of differing stages of development.
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