schizogamy

noun

schi·​zog·​a·​my

skə̇ˈzägəmē

plural -es

: reproduction involving division of the body into a sexual and an asexual individual (as in some chaetopod worms)

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary schiz- + -gamy

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