Fissiparity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fissiparity \Fis`si*par"i*ty\, n. (Biol.)
     Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  fissiparity
       n 1: 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"