a. Biol. rare. [f. mod.L. tomipar-us (f. Gr. τομή cutting, section + L. -par-us producing) + -OUS.] Multiplying (as a cell or organism) by division; fissiparous.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Tomiparus..., applied by Bory to plants and animals which are multiplied by cuttings or division, i.e. by separation of parts: tomiparous.
1887. W. Phillips, Brit. Discomycetes, 272. The external papillæ are formed by the ends of short, hair-like, tomiparous cells, which are remarkable from their habit of breaking off at the joints under slight pressure.
