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- New Latin · borrowed fromfissiparus
- English todayfissiparous
An adaptation of New Latin fissiparus, from fissus (“split, cleft”) + pariō (“to bring forth”) by analogy with vīviparus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fissiparous
Today it means: Factious, tending to break into pieces. Full definition →
New Latin fissiparus