Fishmaw

The air-bladder of a fish. Fi ip'ara, n . pl . [Lat, fin do , I divide, and pario , I bring forth.] ( Zool .) Those animals are so called which propagate by spontaneous fi ion, or the detachment of a greater or le proportion of the body, having inherent power of self-support and growth. As the animals which manifest this mode of generation differ widely among themselves in their general organization, the term Fi ipara cannot be applied to designate any natural group; spontaneous fi ion is limited to the lowest cla es of animals, as Infusories , Polyps ; and to certain worms, as the Naïs , . Fi ipʼarism, Fi ipar'ity, n. ( Physiol.) Reproduction by spontaneous division.