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Rarevirgin birth
The correct spelling is virgin birth.
How to pronounce virgin birth
noun
Say it like: Vir-jin- bi-rth
The correct spelling is virgin birth. A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis
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Definition
noun
- 1.A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis
- 2.A form of childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination
- 3.(often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) In Christian theology, the miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary
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