parthenogeny
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
human conception without fertilization by a man
Types & categories
- asexual reproduction hypernym
Sense 2 noun
process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
Types & categories
- apomixis hypernym
- androgenesis hyponym
- gynogenesis hyponym
Related & opposite
- agamic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | asexual reproduction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | agamic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | apomixis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | androgenesis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gynogenesis |