Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing young without sexual impregnation, as many aphids.
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Examples
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Mr. Newport was unable to discover the male, and thought that this mite was parthenogenous.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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: Local search as we know it today is the parthenogenous child of the Yellow Pages industry.
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