parthenogenousadj.
/pɑːθᵻˈnɒdʒᵻnəs/, /pɑːθᵻˈnɒdʒn̩əs/, U.S. /ˌpɑrθəˈnɑdʒənəs/ Biology. rare.
= parthenogenetic adj. 1.
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gemmiparous1793
gemmiferous1804
agamic1816
zoogenic1842
agamogenetic1858
autogenetic1859
parthenogenetic1860
parthenogenous1869
unsexual1873
monogenous1874
monogonic1876
monogonous1876
arrenotokous1877
gemmative1877
thelytokous1877
parthenogenic1878
heteroblastic1888
blastogenic1889
isogamous1889
paedogenetic1889
monogenic1890
anisogamous1891
monogenetic1900
paedogamous1912
apomictic1913
cytogamous1918
ectogenetic1923
pseudogamous1932
agamospermous1933
impaternate1934
subsexual1937
mictic1950
somatogamous1950
zygogenetic1950
1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 372 Mr. Newport was unable to discover the male , and thought that this mite was parthenogenous.
1996 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 6371/2 Exposure to ethanol yields a haploid parthenogenous embryo that develops a single haploid pronucleus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1869- in the very nick
- in the vicinage
- in the vicinage of
- in the vicinity
- in the vicinity of
- in the viron of
- in the virtue of
- in the wake of
- in the wake of a vessel
- in the wane
- in the wane of the moon
- in the waniand
- in the want of
- in the warm
- in the wash
- in the waxand
- in the way
- in the way of
- in the way of honesty
- in the way of marriage
- in the wearing
- in the weather
- in the weeds
- in the west
- in the while