fissiparity

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fissiparity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fissiparity \Fis`si*par"i*ty\, n. (Biol.)
     Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.
     [1913 Webster]

fissiparity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fissiparity
      n 1: reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division,
           as in the case of some starfish
      2: the tendency to break into parts; "the fissiparity of
         religious sects"