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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish;

2. the tendency to break into parts;
- Example: "the fissiparity of religious sects"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fissiparity \Fis`si*par"i*ty\, n. (Biol.)
   Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fissiparity
    n 1: reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division,
         as in the case of some starfish
    2: the tendency to break into parts; "the fissiparity of
       religious sects"