Xenogenesis

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

  Xenogenesis \Xen`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. xe`nos a stranger + E.
     genesis.] (Biol.)
     (a) Same as {Heterogenesis}.
     (b) The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an
         organism of another. --Huxley.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  xenogenesis
       n : the alternation of two or more different forms in the life
           cycle of a plant or animal [syn: {alternation of
           generations}, {heterogenesis}]