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