'Fissiparous' definitions:
Definition of 'fissiparous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Reproducing by fission
adjective
Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" [syn: breakaway, fissiparous, separatist]
Definition of 'Fissiparous'
From: GCIDE
- Fissiparous \Fis*sip"a*rous\, a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare.] (Biol.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission. -- {Fis*sip"a*rous*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]