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parthenogeny
 
Noun parthenogeny has 2 senses
  1. parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth - human conception without fertilization by a man
    --1 is a kind of asexual reproduction, agamogenesis
    --1 has particulars: androgenesis, androgeny; gynogenesis
  2. parthenogenesis, parthenogeny - process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
    --2 is a kind of apomixis
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