xenogenesis

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  1. noun The supposed production of offspring markedly different from either parent.
  2. noun See alternation of generations.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ξένος, stranger, + γένεσις, birth.
 

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/zɛnəˈdʒɛnɛsɪs/
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