agamogenesis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- + Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage”) + -genesis.
Noun
[edit]agamogenesis (uncountable)
- 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)