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Meaning of spontaneous generation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The fancied production of live organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters.

countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Español generación espontánea
Suomi spontaani sikiäminen
Français génération spontanée
Polski abiogeneza archigonia samorództwo
Svenska uralstring

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

spontaneous generationist spontaneous human combustion spontaneous order spontaneous pneumothorax Spontaneously Spontaneousness

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