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Heterogenesis

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abnormal organic development. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal wordnet
  3. 3
    Abiogenesis. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Spontaneous generation. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From hetero- + -genesis.

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