meiosis

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• May 31. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  meiosis — noun — english

  (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)

• February 29. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  meiosis — noun — english

  understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"