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Fissiparity

Fissiparity \Fis`si*par"i*ty\, n. (Biol.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.

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fissiparity

n. (context biology English) The quality of being fissiparous.

WordNet
fissiparity
  1. n. reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish

  2. the tendence to break into parts; "the fissipairty of religious sects"