Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, exhibiting or characterized by parthenogenesis.
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- adjective biology Of, pertaining to, or produced by,
parthenogenesis ; as, parthenogenetic forms.
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Examples
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Interestingly, several of these species (Darevskia dahli and D. armenica) are parthenogenic, meaning that there are no males, and females reproduce entirely on their own.
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"Bradbury Weather" is the monologue of the central character, and to her, the absence of men is a day-to-day reality, as is parthenogenic human reproduction and a thousand other things which no doubt seem damn peculiar to the reader.
"So, you can make me cum. That doesn't make you Jesus." greygirlbeast 2009
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Women breed via frozen-sperm deliveries from Earth, and also by a complicated parthenogenic process.
"This goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on..." greygirlbeast 2009
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His previous lover, the 'suicide,' was a Beta, a species that is human sized but bald, red, and parthenogenic.
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Mitera was the first known parthenogenic planet; that is, all species on the planet were exclusively female.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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And, as long as I'm titling at windmills and speaking of excessively thick books, if Laurell K. Hamilton is the idiot stepdaughter of Anne Rice, then Stephenie Meyer is, at best, Hamilton's parthenogenic hysterical pregnancy (and I think we've taken this metaphor as far as it can possibly go).
He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards... greygirlbeast 2008
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Women breed via frozen-sperm deliveries from Earth, and also by a complicated parthenogenic process.
Caitlín R. Kiernan is rebuilding her YA Mars story Paul 2009
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Few organisms are exclusively parthenogenic and they are thought to be dead ends.
Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water again ... - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Two other whiptails (C. neomexicanus and C. tesselatus) occur as all-female parthenogenic clones in select disturbed habitats.
Chihuahuan desert 2008
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If parthenogenic reproduction two sperm would present a lethal mutation as one X chromosome is necessary were to become available for human use, it would be something developed at the insistance of straight couples who prefer to have a biological child over adoption.
Queers As Condoms And Other Illogical Objections To Same-Sex Marriage 2005
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