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English Dictionary: fissiparous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fissiparous
adj
  1. reproducing by fission
  2. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
    Synonym(s): breakaway, fissiparous, separatist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fissiparous \Fis*sip"a*rous\, a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere to
      split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare.] (Biol.)
      Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See {Fission}. --
      {Fis*sip"a*rous*ly}, adv.
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