virgin birth (English, noun)
expansion: virgin birth (countable and uncountable, plural virgin births)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
Any similar birth of a deity.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: virgin births
tags: plural
form: Virgin Birth
tags: alternative
form: Virgin birth
tags: alternative