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Noun: parthenogeny
Usage: rare
  1. Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
    "parthenogeny allows some species of aphids to reproduce rapidly without males";
    - parthenogenesis
     
  2. Human conception without fertilization by a man
    "The ancient text claimed cases of parthenogeny";
    - parthenogenesis, virgin birth

Derived forms: parthenogenies

Type of: agamogenesis, apomixis, asexual reproduction