English to English

noun (n)

• human conception without fertilization by a man(noun.process)

  Synonym:
  parthenogeny, virgin birth
  

  source: wordnet30
• process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods(noun.process)

  Synonym:
  parthenogeny
  

  source: wordnet30
• The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.(noun)

  source: webster1913