schizogamy

[ski-zog-uh-mee, skit-sog-]

noun

Biology.

1. reproduction characterized by division of the organism into sexual and asexual parts, as in certain polychaetes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schizogamy¹

schizo- + -gamy

Example Sentences

The group to which these worms belong—the syllids—are perhaps unique among bilaterally symmetrical animals in this bizarre reproductive strategy, termed “gemmiparous schizogamy.”

From Scientific American

In some Syllids this posterior region separates off from the rest, producing a new head; thus a process of fission occurs which has been termed schizogamy.

From Project Gutenberg