metagenesis

[met-uh-jen-uh-sis]

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noun

Biology.

reproduction characterized by the alternation of a sexual generation and a generation that reproduces asexually; alternation of generations.

metagenesis

/ ˌmɛtədʒɪˈnɛtɪk, ˌmɛtəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /

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First recorded in 1885–90; meta- + genesis

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Metamorphosis, however, graduates so insensibly into metagenesis, that the two processes cannot be distinctly separated.

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Metamorphosis, however, graduates so insensibly, into metagenesis, that the two processes cannot be distinctly separated.

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