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Webster 1913 Edition
Agamogenesis
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Agˊa-mo-gen′e-sis
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] unmarried (
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] marriage) + [GREEK] reproduction.] (Biol.)
Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.
Definition 2024
agamogenesis
agamogenesis
English
Noun
agamogenesis (uncountable)
- asexual reproduction
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 155
- He was as touching and as confidential as ever, and I felt we must look like an old couple that by some dazzling agamogenesis had produced this golden-haired offspring.
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 155