Parthenogeny

Par`the`nog´e`ny

n.

1.

(Biol.) Same as Parthenogenesis.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	parthenogeny - human conception without fertilization by a man parthenogenesis, virgin birth agamogenesis, asexual reproduction - reproduction without the fusion of gametes
	2.	parthenogeny - process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods parthenogenesis androgenesis, androgeny - male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization apomixis - any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization gynogenesis - female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus