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homoeogenesis

homoeogenesis noun: production of living offspring between organisms belonging to the same species.

Noun

homoeogenesis (uncountable)

  1. Production of living offspring between organisms belonging to the same species.
  2. (rare) Community of ancestry or origin.

Origin of homoeogenesis

From homoe- + -o- + -genesis, from Ancient Greek: ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”) in conjunction with γένεσις (génesis, “origin, beginning, creation”).

Questions about homoeogenesis

What does homoeogenesis mean?
Homoeogenesis means production of living offspring between organisms belonging to the same species.
What part of speech is homoeogenesis?
Homoeogenesis is a noun.

Words near homoeogenesis in the dictionary

  1. homoeoblastic
  2. homoeobox
  3. homoeoboxes
  4. homoeodont
  5. homoeogeneous
  6. homoeogenesis
  7. homoeograph
  8. homoeographs
  9. homoeography
  10. homoeoid
  11. homoeoidal

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