PARTHENOGENY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual
   • common among insects and some other arthropods
   Synonym(s)
   • parthenogenesis (what does parthenogenesis mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) parthenogeny is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • apomixis (what does apomixis mean?)
2. Meaning
   • human conception without fertilization by a man
   Synonym(s)
   • parthenogenesis (what does parthenogenesis mean?)
   • virgin birth (what does virgin birth mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) parthenogeny is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • asexual reproduction (what does asexual reproduction mean?)
   • agamogenesis (what does agamogenesis mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • androgenesis (what does androgenesis mean?)
   • androgeny (what does androgeny mean?)
   • gynogenesis (what does gynogenesis mean?)