fissiparity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish
  2. noun the tendency to break into parts
    • the fissiparity of religious sects

WordNet


Fis`si*par"i*ty noun
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.

Webster 1913