Parthenogenesis

Noun

1. Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction: (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy. Asexual reproduction in toto; agamogenesis.
2. (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy.
3. Asexual reproduction in toto; agamogenesis.
4. figurative uses of the biological senses
5. Virgin birth, in reference to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.