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Noun: fissiparity
  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"

Type of: agamogenesis, asexual reproduction, divisibility

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Fissipedia
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fissure of Sylvius
Fissurella
Fissurella apertura
Fissurellidae