'Fissiparity' definitions:
Definition of 'fissiparity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish
noun
The tendency to break into parts; "the fissiparity of religious sects"
Definition of 'Fissiparity'
From: GCIDE
- Fissiparity \Fis`si*par"i*ty\, n. (Biol.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism. [1913 Webster]