Paedogenesis

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

  paedogenesis \p[ae]`do*gen"esis\
     (p[=e]`d[-o]*j[e^]n"[-e]*s[i^]s), n. [Gr. pai^s, paido`s,
     child + E. genesis.] (Zool.)
     Reproduction by young or larval animals.
     [1913 Webster]