Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoology, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from metagenesis.
  • In mineralogy, subsequent in origin: said of certain twin crystals. See twin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to metagenesis.

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  • adjective of, relating to, or produced as a result of metagenesis

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Examples

  • Professor Owen, tells us (Plants and Animals under Domestication, vol.ii. p. 362, ed. 1875), that in the case of what is called metagenetic development, "the new parts are not moulded upon the inner surfaces of the old ones.

    Life and Habit Samuel Butler 1868

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