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meiosis

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  1. 1. n. Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) Source: wordnet
  4. 4. Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is. Source: webster
  5. 5. Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing asbeing less than it really is. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n:100 n. (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) Source: ecdict

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