agamogenesis

English

Etymology

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

Noun

agamogenesis (uncountable)

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- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin, OCLC 17841394, 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)

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