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Agamogenesis


Agˊa-mo-gen′e-sis

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] unmarried (
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)

  1. 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.

Interlingua

Noun

agamogenesis (uncountable)

  1. asexual reproduction