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<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <--3. creating suspicion that the surface appearances are misleading -->

<h1>Fisk</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fisk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>fjeska</ets> to bustle about.]</ety> <def>To run about; to frisk; to whisk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He <b>fisks</b> abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fissigemmation</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`si*gem*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p.p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split) + E. <ets>gemmation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.</def>

<h1>Fissile</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis"sile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fissilis</ets>, fr. <ets>fissus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split. See <er>Fissure</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.</def>

<blockquote>This crystal is a pellucid, <i>fissile</i> stone. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fissilingual</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`si*lin"gual</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p.p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split) + E. <ets>lingual</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the tongue forked.</def>

<h1>Fissilinguia</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`si*lin"gui*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p.p. o f <ets>findere</ets> to split) + <ets>lingua</ets> tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Fissilingues</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Fissility</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis*sil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being fissile.</def>

<h1>Fission</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fissio</ets>. See <er>Fissure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See <er>Segmentation</er>, and <i>Cell division</i>, under <er>Division</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See <er>Strobilation</er>.</def>

<h1>Fissipalmate</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`si*pal"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fissus</ets> (p.p. of <ets>findere</ets> to split) + <ets>palma</ets> palm.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See <i>Illust</i>. under <er>Aves</er>.</def>

<h1>Fissipara</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis*sip"a*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Fissiparous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Animals which reproduce by fission.</def>

<h1>Fissiparism</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis*sip"a*rism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fissiparous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproduction by spontaneous fission.</def>

<h1>Fissiparity</h1> <Xpage=564>

<hw>Fis`si*par"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.</def>