parthenogenesisnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌpɑː.θə.nəʊˈdʒen.ə.sɪs/us/ˌpɑːr.θə.noʊˈdʒen.ə.sɪs/specializeda type of reproduction (= production of young plants or animals) in which living things develop from eggs that have not been fertilized (= united with the male sexual cells)
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Animal reproduction
- asexual
- bird
- breed
- egg
- embryo
- embryology
- embryonic
- estrogen
- fertilize
- fetus
- incubate
- infertile
- inseminate
- lamb
- mate
- ova
- reproduction
- spawning ground
- spermatozoon
- the birds and the bees idiom
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