xenogenesis

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xenogenesis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

xenogenesis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  xenogenesis
      n 1: the alternation of two or more different forms in the life
           cycle of a plant or animal [syn: alternation of generations
           , heterogenesis, xenogenesis]