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Definition of: metagenesis
(met′ə·jen′ə·sis) noun Biol.
A type of reproduction in which a series of generations of unlike forms comes between the egg and the parent type; alternation of generations.
—met′a·ge·net′ic (-jə·net′ik) adjective
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