parthenogeny

1. 1.

   human conception without fertilization by a man

   Synonymsparthenogenesisvirgin birth

   Broaderasexual reproduction
2. 2.

   process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods

   Synonymsparthenogenesis

   Broaderapomixis

   Narrowerandrogenesisgynogenesis

Other forms of parthenogeny

plural

parthenogenies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parthenogeny

What does parthenogeny mean?

parthenogeny means "human conception without fertilization by a man". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parthenogeny?

parthenogeny has 5 syllables: par-the-no-ge-ny. The stress falls on "no".

What is another word for parthenogeny?

Close synonyms include parthenogenesis, virgin birth, parthenogenesis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parthenogeny a common word?

parthenogeny is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.