D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Digenesis

· Di·gen·e·sis · IPA /daɪˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
01 n. The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.
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    The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.(Biol.) See: Parthenogenesis