agamogenesis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a- +‎ Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, marriage) +‎ -genesis.

Noun[edit]

agamogenesis (uncountable)

  1. Asexual reproduction.
    • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

agamogenesis (uncountable)

  1. asexual reproduction