digenesis

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digenesis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Digenesis \Di*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.)
     The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated
     by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See
     Parthenogenesis.
     [1913 Webster]

digenesis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  digenesis
      n 1: alternation of sexual and asexual generations [syn:
           metagenesis, digenesis]