PARTHENOGENETIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction

Synonyms:

agamic; agamogenetic; agamous; apomictic; parthenogenetic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

asexual; nonsexual (not having or involving sex)

Derivation:

parthenogenesis (process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods)

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