dissogeny

American

[dih-soj-uh-nee] / dɪˈsɒdʒ ə ni /

Also dissogony

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.

1895–1900; < Greek dissó ( s ) twofold + -geny

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