fissiparous |
fissiparity | (n) reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish |
fissiparity | (n) the tendency to break into parts |
fissiparous | (adj) reproducing by fission |
fissipedia | (n) in some classifications considered a suborder of Carnivora |
fissiped mammal | (n) terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons, Syn. fissiped |
Fissipalmate | a. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + palma palm. ] (Zool.) Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fissipara | ‖n. pl. [ NL. See Fissiparous. ] (Zool.) Animals which reproduce by fission. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fissiparism | n. [ See Fissiparous. ] (Biol.) Reproduction by spontaneous fission. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fissiparity | n. (Biol.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fissiparous | a. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare. ] (Biol.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission. -- |
Fissipation | n. (Biol.) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism. |
Fissiped | n. (Zool.) One of the |
Fissipedal | |
Fissipedia | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. of findere to cleave) + pes, pedis, a foot. ] (Zool.) A division of the |