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FISSIPAROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fissiparous mean?
• FISSIPAROUS (adjective)
The adjective FISSIPAROUS has 2 senses:
1. reproducing by fission
2. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
Familiarity information: FISSIPAROUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reproducing by fission
Similar:
asexual; nonsexual (not having or involving sex)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
Synonyms:
breakaway; fissiparous; separatist
Context example:
a breakaway faction
Similar:
independent (free from external control and constraint)
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