parthenogenicallyadv.
/ˌpɑːθ(ᵻ)nəˈdʒɛnᵻkli/, /ˌpɑːθn̩əˈdʒɛnᵻkli/, /pɑːˌθɪnəˈdʒɛnᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑrθənoʊˈdʒɛnək(ə)li/ Biology.
= parthenogenetically adv.
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viviparously1822
agamically1858
agamogenetically1868
metagenetically1868
parthenogenetically1874
parthenogenically1911
apomictically1921
pseudosexually1964
1911 New Phytologist 10 191 When the antherocysts are not present, the oospores nearly always mature parthenogenically.
1976 Ann. Human Genetics 40 191 The assumption that benign ovarian teratomas in man arise parthenogenically from a germ cell by suppression of the second meiotic division.
2001 New Internationalist Nov. 35/3 Herland..features the discovery by three young American men of a South American society, hidden by mountains, and peopled exclusively by women for 2,000 years. The women are able to reproduce parthenogenically (without men).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1911