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dissogeny

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dis⋅sog⋅e⋅ny

  [di-soj-uh-nee]
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–noun Zoology.
the condition in ctenophores in which an individual has two periods of sexual maturity, one in the larval and one in the adult stage.
Also, dis⋅sog⋅o⋅ny  [di-sog-uh-nee] .

Origin:
1895–1900; < Gk dissó(s) twofold + -geny
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