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fissi- less correctly fisso-, used as combining form of L. fissus, pa. pple. of findĕre to split, employed in Biol., Phys., Zool., in terms formed chiefly on the analogy of late L. fissipēs (see fissiped) to indicate the condition of being cleft. ˌfissiˈcostate a. [L. costa rib: see costate], having the nervures or ribs divided (Syd. Soc. Lex.). ˌfissiˈdactyl, -yle a. [Gr. δάκτυλ-ος finger], having the digits divided. ˌfissigeˈmmation, a mode of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation. ˌfissiˈlingual a. [L. lingua tongue + -al1], having the tongue cleft; said of a suborder of saurian reptiles, hence called Fissilinguia. ˌfissiˈpalmate a. [see palmate], partially web-footed; semipalmate. Hence ˌfissipalˈmation, partial palmation, or incomplete webbing of the toes. ˌfissipartuˈrition, the action of giving birth to young by fission (in quot. transf.). ˌfissiˈrostral a. [L. rostr-um + -al1], having a deeply cleft beak; belonging to the order of birds thence called Fissirostres. ˌfissiˈrostrate a. [as prec. + -ate2] = prec.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 268/1 Families of the Fissirostral tribe. 1856–8W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. II. 377 Natatores.—Feet..palmate or fisso-palmate. 1881O. Fisher in Nature XXV. 243 The act of fissiparturition by which the moon was born must have been sudden. |