Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fissiparous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fissiparous \Fis*sip"a*rous\, a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere to
split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare.] (Biol.)
Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See {Fission}. --
{Fis*sip"a*rous*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fissiparous
adj : (biology) reproducing by fission
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