agamogenesis

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage”) +‎ -genesis.

Noun

agamogenesis (uncountable)

1. Asexual reproduction.
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 155:

     He was as touching and as confidential as ever, and I felt we must look like an old couple that by some dazzling agamogenesis had produced this golden-haired offspring.

Interlingua

Noun

agamogenesis (uncountable)

1. asexual reproduction