autogeny
/ɔːˈtɒdʒɪni/noun
1Origination or development with no external cause; self-generation, self-perpetuation.
2 Biology. The capacity of a bloodsucking insect to develop and lay eggs without previously needing to feed on blood.
Origin
Early 19th century. From auto- + -geny. Compare French autogénie.
- articulated
- articulately
- articulateness
- articulate-speaking
- articulation
- articulative
- articulator
- articulatorily
- articulatory
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- artifactually
- artifex
- artifice
- artificer
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- artificial
- artificial aid
- artificial atom
- artificial blood
- artificial chromosome
- artificial climbing
- artificial day
- artificial ear
- artificial evolution