Scientifically, the term buffalo is incorrect for the North American species; its proper Latin name is Bison bison. However, common usage has made the term buffalo an acceptable synonym for the American bison. (from The American Buffalo in Transition, by J. Albert Rorabacher.).
Life cycle. Life cycle, in biology, the series of changes that the members of a species undergo as they pass from the beginning of a given developmental stage to the inception of that same developmental stage in a subsequent generation.
Example Sentences for life cycle. Thus the life cycle is completed in about twenty-eight days. The winter egg may be taken as the beginning of the life cycle of the phylloxera. The span of life from the time the plant or animal begins to grow until it dies is known as the life cycle. It is believed that in some cases the life cycle lasts two years.