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noun
The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Development of the ovum from a parent like itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Development of the ovum from a parent like itself.
Asexual/nonsexual reproduction, which involves only one parent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
The emergence from a single cause or origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sporulation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: asexual reproduction, agamogenesis
Narrower terms: heterospory, homospory
History
From mono- + -genesis.
