parthenogenesis.
Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:
Meaning & usage
Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction: (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy.
Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction: Asexual reproduction in toto; agamogenesis.
figurative uses of the biological senses
Virgin birth, in reference to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.
Where this word comes from
From partheno- + -genesis, from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin”) and γένεσις (génesis, “origin, creation, generation”).
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