metagenicadj.
/ˌmɛtəˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈdʒɛnɪk/ Zoology and Geology.
= metagenetic adj. Also in Geology: produced by metamorphism (rare).
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metagenetic1849
heterogenetic1872
metagenic1883
heterogenic1901
heterogamic1904
1883 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Metagenetic, Metagenic, pertaining to metagenesis.
1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 332 In..by far the larger number [of Scyphomedusae], development is indirect (metagenic), exhibiting perfectly evident alternation of generations.
1920 A. W. Grabau Geol. Non-metallic Mineral Deposits I. i. 2 Deposits formed through alteration of other deposits by static metamorphism (metagenic deposits).
1976 Jrnl. Protozool. 23 94 (title) Allogromia laticollaris: a foraminiferan with an unusual apogamic metagenic life cycle.
1998 Invertebr. Reprod. & Devel. 34 139 The effects of five environmental factors..on the metagenic life cycle of the hydromedusa Eleutheria dichotoma were researched by observing changes in life history.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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