parthenogenetic, a.
(ˌpɑːθənəʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk)
[f. as prec. + -genetic.]
1. Biol. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by parthenogenesis; reproducing by parthenogenesis.
| 1872 Darwin Orig. Spec. xiv. (ed. 6) 387 To accelerate parthenogenetic reproduction by gradual steps to an earlier and earlier age. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 446 The terms arrenotokous and thelytokous have been proposed by Leuckart and Von Siebold to denote those parthenogenetic females which produce male and female young respectively. 1884 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXIV. 266 In certain cases, the oospores become normally developed and capable of germination without any male organs being formed at all... Pringsheim himself termed these oospores parthenogenetic. 1889 Geddes & Thomson Evol. of Sex iv. §i. 46 In the artificial environment of a greenhouse, equivalent to a perpetual summer.., the parthenogenetic succession of females [aphides] has been experimentally observed for four years. 1936 [see amphidiploid a. and n.]. 1950 Adv. Genetics III. 195 Some big animal groups are wholly (or almost wholly) characterized by parthenogenetic reproduction. 1965 B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. ix. 110 E[laphoidella] bidens, a species with parthenogenetic reproduction, is cosmopolitan. |
2. Born of a virgin. nonce-use.
| 1871 Tylor Prim. Cult. II. 279 The enigmatic nature of this inextricable compound parthenogenetic deity. |