Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In biology, schizogenesis; reproduction by fission; fissiparity.
Wiktionary
- n. biology reproduction by fission
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Biol.) Reproduction by fission.
Etymologies
- Latin scissus (past participle of scindere to split) + parere to bring forth: compare French scissiparité. (Wiktionary)
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