monogenesis

  • 11monogenesis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1859 origin of diverse individuals or kinds (as of language) by descent from a single ancestral individual or kind …

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  • 12monogenesis — n. [Gr. monos, one; genesis, beginning] 1. The development of life from a single entity or cell. 2. Asexual reproduction. 3. Direct development without metamorphosis …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 13monogenesis — /mon euh jen euh sis/, n. 1. the hypothetical descent of the human race from a single pair of individuals. 2. Biol. the hypothetical descent of all living things from a single cell. Also, monogeny. [1860 65; MONO + GENESIS] * * * …

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  • 14monogenesis — 1. The production of similar organisms in each generation. 2. The production of young by one parent only, as in nonsexual generation and parthenogenesis. 3. The process of parasitizing a single host, in which the life cycle of the parasite is… …

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  • 15monogénesis — ► sustantivo femenino 1 BIOLOGÍA Forma de multiplicación de los organismos sin intervención de los sexos. TAMBIÉN monogenia 2 BIOLOGÍA Producción de descendientes de un solo sexo …

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  • 16Monogenesis — Mo|no|ge|ne|se, Mo|no|gẹ|ne|sis, die; (Biol.): 1. <o. Pl.> Theorie von der Herleitung jeder gegebenen Gruppe von Lebewesen aus je einer gemeinsamen Urform. 2. ungeschlechtliche Fortpflanzung. * * * Mo|no|ge|ne|se, Mo|no|gẹ|ne|sis, die; …

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  • 17monogenesis — origin of offspring from identical parent Causation and Formation …

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  • 18monogenesis — mÉ‘nəʊ dÊ’enɪsɪs / mÉ’ n. development from one cell; asexual reproduction (Biology) …

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  • 19monogenesis — [ˌmɒnə(ʊ) dʒɛnɪsɪs] (also monogeny mə nɒdʒəni) noun origination from a single source or place. Derivatives monogenetic adjective monogenism noun monogenist noun …

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  • 20monogenesis — mono·genesis …

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