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