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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. human conception without fertilization by a man;
[syn: parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth]

2. process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods;
[syn: parthenogenesis, parthenogeny]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Parthenogeny \Par`the*nog"e*ny\, n. (Biol.) Same as Parthenogenesis. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

parthenogeny n 1: human conception without fertilization by a man [syn: parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth] 2: process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods [syn: parthenogenesis, parthenogeny]