alloiobiogenesis

noun

al·​loi·​o·​bi·​o·​gen·​e·​sis

ə¦lȯi(ˌ)ō-

: alternation of generations especially of a sexual and an asexual generation compare alloiogenesis

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek alloios different + New Latin biogenesis

First Known Use

circa 1948, in the meaning defined above

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