Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a fissiparous manner.
- In a fissiparous manner; by fission or spontaneous division.
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- adverb In a
fissiparous manner.
Etymologies
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fissiparous + -ly
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Examples
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Homo Patternenvelopus breeds fissiparously, and the sprats grow to full size slowly.
April 2009 2009
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Homo Patternenvelopus breeds fissiparously, and the sprats grow to full size slowly.
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I adore that their young are called sprats and I shall be endeavouring to use fissiparously in a sentence this weekend.
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