Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Learn a new word: Fissiparous



Try to use it in a sentence today!


Fissiparous

fis·sip·a·rous[fi-sip-er-uhs]

from the Latin: fissus

-first known use: 1874

adjective

 
1. Tending to break up into parts.
   (differing political views can make a group of people fissiparous)
 
2. Biological reproduction by fission, splitting.
   (get a room, you fissiparous cells!)





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