| Pronunciation: | | dI'jenisis
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] alternation of sexual and asexual generations |
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DIGENESIS is a 9 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Synonyms: | | metagenesis |
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| | See Also: | | alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Di*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.)
The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated
by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See
{Parthenogenesis}.
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