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digenesis

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Di`gen´e`sis
n.1.(Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; - by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

digenesis
successive reproduction by two different processes, sexual in one generation and asexual in the following generation. — digenetic, adj.
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Noun1.digenesis - alternation of sexual and asexual generations
alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis - the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal

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