xenogenesis
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- the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animalSynonyms: alternation of generationsheterogenesisType of organic phenomenonKinds metagenesis, digenesis
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Xen′o·gen′e·sis noun
Origin: Gr. ξένος a stranger + E. genesis.
Biology (a) Same as Heterogenesis. (b) The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an organism of another. Thomas Henry Huxley
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54