| metagenesis | (n) alternation of sexual and asexual generations, Syn. digenesis |
| Digenesis | n. [ Pref. di- + genesis. ] (Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ] |