D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Polygenesis

/(-jĕn"ē̇*sĭs)/ · Pol·y·gen·e·sis · IPA /ˌpɒlɪˈd͡ʒɛnəsɪs/
01 n. The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to mono…
  1. 1.
    The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.(Biol.)