dissogeny
noun
dis·sog·e·ny
də̇ˈsäjənē
variants
or less commonly dissogony
-ägə-
plural -es
: the occurrence of sexual maturity at two distinct periods in the life of an individual (as in the larva and again in the adult of certain ctenophores)
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