单词 | tomiparous |
释义 | † tomiparousadj. Biology. Obsolete. Of a cell or organism: reproducing by division, fissiparous; (of spores) forming by successive division. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [adjective] > by division fissiparous1835 tomiparous1842 scissiparous1845 tetraschistic1885 segmenting1912 plasmotomic1949 1842 Encycl. Brit. XI. 222/2 Notwithstanding the observations of Trembley and Roesel, their [sc. naidid worms'] tomiparous generation is doubted by Bosc. 1851 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 95 Sporophores short, at length, as observed by Dr. Montagne, tomiparous, as in Oidium. 1868 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. I. 654 The spores then, by progressive (tomiparous) partition.., resolve into very small cells. 1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 272 The external papillæ are formed by the ends of short, hair-like, tomiparous cells, which are remarkable from their habit of breaking off at the joints under slight pressure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1842 |
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