virgin birth

/ˌvʌrdʒən bərθ/
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Other forms: virgin births

Definitions of virgin birth
  1. noun
    human conception without fertilization by a man
    synonyms: parthenogenesis, parthenogeny
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    type of:
    agamogenesis, asexual reproduction
    reproduction without the fusion of gametes
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