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Any form of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
reproduction without the fusion of gametes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agamogenesis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reproduction
Narrower terms: apomixis, blastogenesis, budding, fission, fissiparity, monogenesis, sporulation, parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth, pullulation, gemmation
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَكَاثُر لَاجِنْسِيّ
(takāṯur lājinsiyy)
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Bulgarian:
безполово размножаване
(bezpolovo razmnožavane)
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Chinese Mandarin:
無性繁殖 /无性繁殖
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Chinese Mandarin:
無性生殖 /无性生殖
(wúxìng shēngzhí)
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Esperanto:
neseksa reproduktiĝo
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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French:
multiplication asexuée
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Georgian:
უსქესო გამრავლება
(uskeso gamravleba)
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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German:
ungeschlechtliche Fortpflanzung
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Hungarian:
ivartalan szaporodás
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Icelandic:
kynlaus æxlun
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Japanese:
無性生殖
(musēsēsyoku)
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Korean:
무성 생식
(museong saengsik)
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Northern Kurdish:
pirbûna nezayendî
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Northern Kurdish:
zêdebûna nezayendî
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Māori:
whakaputa uri tōtahi
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Polish:
rozmnażanie bezpłciowe
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Romanian:
reproducere asexuată
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Spanish:
reproducción asexual
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Vietnamese:
sinh sản vô tính
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
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Zhuang:
gag ndang guh ceh
— form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes
