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Answer for the clue "The alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal ", 11 letters:
xenogenesis

Word definitions for xenogenesis in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Xenogenesis may refer to: Xenogenesis (film) , a 1978 short film by James Cameron Xenogenesis, a proposed designation for the process of introducing laboratory-designed genes Xenogenesis, a collection of three science fiction volumes also known as Lilith's ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Xenogenesis \Xen`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. xe`nos a stranger + E. genesis.] (Biol.) Same as Heterogenesis . The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an organism of another. --Huxley.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A foreign origin or source. 2 (context biology English) The production of an offspring that is unlike either of its parents.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal [syn: alternation of generations , heterogenesis ]