fissiparity

Definitions of fissiparity
  1. noun
    reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish
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    type of:
    agamogenesis, asexual reproduction
    reproduction without the fusion of gametes
  2. noun
    the tendency to break into parts
    “the fissiparity of religious sects”
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    type of:
    divisibility
    the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons
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