fissiparity

from 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"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fissiparity \Fis`si*par"i*ty\, n. (Biol.)
   Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.
   [1913 Webster]

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