(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:54:18

Scis`si*par"i*ty (?), n. [L. scissus (p.p. of scindere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf.F. scissiparit'e.] Biol.

Reproduction by fission.

 

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