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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
parthenogenesis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) Same as
parthenogenesis .
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- noun biology
parthenogenesis
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- noun process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
- noun human conception without fertilization by a man
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