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dauer

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Borrowed from German Dauer (“duration”).

noun dauers

A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit increased durability. When Caenorhabditis elegans larvae enter dauer they arrest feeding but remain active and motile, yet become stress-resistant, extremely long-lived and non-ageing.

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@misc{dauer_2026,
  title = {dauer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dauer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}