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Parthenogenesis

noun

Human conception without fertilization by a man. Synonyms: parthenogeny, virgin birth.

Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods. Synonym: parthenogeny.

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... these revelations; but soon a German clergyman, Dzierzon, discovered parthenogenesis, i. e. the virginal parturition of queens, and contrived the first hive with movable combs, thereby enabling the bee-keeper henceforth to take his share of the harvest of honey, without being forced to destroy his best colonies and in one instant annihilate ...

— The Life of the Bee • Maurice Maeterlinck

Words linked to "Parthenogenesis" : asexual reproduction, androgeny, agamogenesis, apomixis, androgenesis, gynogenesis, parthenogenetic