| fissiparous |
| fissiparous | (adj) reproducing by fission |
| breakaway | (adj) having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude, Syn. separatist, fissiparous, Example: a breakaway faction |
| Fissiparous | a. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare. ] (Biol.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission. -- |
