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xenogenesis

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Xenogenesis \Xen`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. xe`nos a stranger + E.
   genesis.] (Biol.)
   (a) Same as Heterogenesis.
   (b) The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an
       organism of another. --Huxley.
       [1913 Webster]

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