Fissiparous Definition
fĭ-sĭpər-əs
adjective
Reproducing by fission.
Webster's New World
Tending to break up into parts or break away from a main body; factious.
American Heritage Medicine
Causing division or fragmenting something.
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Origin of Fissiparous
An adaptation of the New Latin fissiparus, from fissus (“split”, “cleft”) + pariō (“I bring forth”) by mistaken analogy with vīviparus.
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