'Xenogenesis' definitions:

Definition of 'xenogenesis'

(from WordNet)
noun
The alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal [syn: alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis]

Definition of 'Xenogenesis'

From: GCIDE
  • Xenogenesis \Xen`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. xe`nos a stranger + E. genesis.] (Biol.) (a) Same as Heterogenesis. (b) The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an organism of another. --Huxley. [1913 Webster]