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parthenogeny


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parthenogeny  \Par`the*nog"e*ny\,  n.  (Biol.) 
  Same  as  {Parthenogenesis}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parthenogeny 
  n  1:  process  in  which  an  unfertilized  egg  develops  into  a  new 
  individual;  common  among  insects  and  some  other 
  arthropods  [syn:  {parthenogenesis}] 
  2:  human  conception  without  fertilization  by  a  man  [syn:  {parthenogenesis}, 
  {virgin  birth}] 




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