Emboitement
Pronunciation : Em`bo?te"ment`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. embo?ter to fit in, insert; en in + bo?te box.] (Biol.)
Definition : Defn: The hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre?xisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913