PARTHENOGENESIS


Meaning of PARTHENOGENESIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpär-thə-nō-ˈje-nə-səs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek parthenos + Latin genesis genesis

Date: 1849

: reproduction by development of an unfertilized usually female gamete that occurs especially among lower plants and invertebrate animals

• par·the·no·ge·net·ic -jə-ˈne-tik also par·the·no·gen·ic -ˈje-nik adjective

• par·the·no·ge·net·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.