monogenetic

monogenetic
/mon'oh jeuh net"ik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to monogenesis; monogenous.
2. (of certain trematode worms) having only one generation in the life cycle, without an intermediate asexual generation.
[1870-75; MONO- + GENETIC]

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