Found 2 items, similar to fissiparous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fissiparous fissiparous adj 1: reproducing by fission 2: having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; “a breakaway faction” [syn: breakaway, separatist]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fissiparous Fissiparous \Fis*sip"a*rous\, a. [L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare.] (Biol.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission. -- Fis*sip"a*rous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]