agamogenesis

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English

Etymology

a- +‎ Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage”) +‎ -genesis

Noun

agamogenesis (uncountable)

  1. asexual reproduction
    • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 155
      He was as touching and as confidential as ever, and I felt we must look like an old couple that by some dazzling agamogenesis had produced this golden-haired offspring.

Interlingua

Noun

agamogenesis (uncountable)

  1. asexual reproduction
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