virgin birth
Noun
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Noun
virgin birth
- (biology) A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis
- A form of childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination
- (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) In Christian theology, the miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary
- German: Jungfernzeugung, Jungferngeburt
- German: Jungfrauengeburt
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