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virgin birth

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Noun

  1. A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
  2. (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
  3. (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary: Any similar birth of a deity.
  4. Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.
  5. Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.
  6. Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth.
  7. Alternative letter-case form of virgin birth.

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